Every award-winning short film begins life with a clever idea,a good story and a screenplay. Patrick Nash analyses the process of writing short film screenplays and gives advice on:
- Story and structure
- Ideas generation
- Plot and pace
- Screenplay format
- Dos and don'ts
- Eliciting emotion
- Dialogue and subtext
- Character design
- Protagonists and antagonists
- Character motivation and goals
- Conflict,obstacles and stakes
- Clichés and Stereotypes
- Beginnings,middles and ends
- Hooking the viewer
- Screenplay competitions
- Loglines,outlines and synopses
- Rewriting and length
- Practicalities and budgets
The book also includes a number of award-winning scripts and interviews,advice and contributions from their award-winning screenwriters and a discussion of the benefits to writers of writing short screenplays.
Publisher: Oldcastle Books LtdISBN: 9781842435014Number of pages: 256Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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I would definitely recommend this book...(it is) a very thorough look at all aspects of being a writer of short scriptsStraight talking tome bursting with practical adviceA helpful book for anyone interested in screenwriting
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