Basics Film-Making 02: Screenwriting - Softcover

Edgar, Robert; Marland, John; Richards, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2940373892 ISBN 13: 9782940373895

Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2009

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Basics Film-Making: Screenwriting is the second in the Basics Film-Making series and is aimed both at students on film production courses, as well as those wishing to write a short film. The book teaches the key elements of screenwriting through examining areas such as dialogue, sound, setting, shots and structure. It also provides advice to new film-makers on how to market their productions. This is an essential guide to screenwriting and will teach you to write and produce artistically satisfying shorts.

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Robert Edgar is Professor of Writing and Popular Culture in the York Centre for Writing based in the School of Humanities at York St John University, UK. He has published on Screenwriting (2009), Directing Fiction(2009), The Language of Film (Bloomsbury, 2010 and 2015), The Music Documentary(2013), The Arena Concert(Bloomsbury, 2015), Music, Memory and Memoir (Bloomsbury, 2019), Adaptation for Scriptwriters (Bloomsbury, 2019), and Venue Stories (2023). He is co-editing the forthcoming Bloomsbury publication, Horrifying Children: Hauntology and the Legacy of Children's Fiction.

John Marland is Senior Lecturer in Film and Literature at York St John University, UK, where he has both taught and developed undergraduate courses in literature and film. He has published on Screenwriting (2009), The Language of Film (Bloomsbury, 2010 and 2015), and Adaptation for Scriptwriters (Bloomsbury, 2019). He is co-editing the forthcoming Bloomsbury publication, Horrifying Children: Hauntology and the Legacy of Children's Fiction.

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Basics Film-Making: Screenwriting is the second in the Basics Film-Making series and is aimed at both students on film production courses, as well as those wishing to write a short film. The book teaches the key elements of screenwriting through examining areas such as dialogue, sound, setting, shots and structure. It also provides advice to new film-makers on how to market their productions. 

Basics Film-Making: Screenwriting provides both a practical approach to the discipline as well as a theoretical exploration, explaining why a knowledge of basic film theory is essential to inform and enrich the film-maker's writing.

Basics Film-Making: Screenwriting explores existing movies to illustrate key concepts and contains exercises designed to test and build on the reader's understanding of screenwriting. The text includes drafts of short screenplay written for the book; taking the reader through the complete process from formulating the initial draft to preparing film pitches. 

This is an essential guide to screenwriting and will teach the reader to write and produce artistically satisfying shorts. 

Other titles in the Basics Film-Making series include: Producing, Directing Fiction and The Language of Film.  

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 2940373892
• ISBN 13: 9782940373895
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 210
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