The screenwriter within : how to turn the movie in your head into a salable screenplay /
Gilles, D. B. 1947-
The screenwriter within : how to turn the movie in your head into a salable screenplay / by D.B. Gilles. - 1st ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2000. - xiv, 213 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
how 3 punctuation marks, 7 words, and basic math serve as the blueprint of your screenplay- 2 the tree P's: pivotal plot points-3 why shakeapeare, sophocles, aristophanes and other 2,300-year-old greek playwrights would be the hottest screenwriters in holywood today-4 what we know isn't very interesting, so we have to make stuff up-5 things you've forgotten, Denided, and swept under the rug that will come in handy now-6 everything that can go wrong must go wrong (Murphy's other law)-7 the screenwriter as jock-8 if aristole were alive today. he'd be running a holywood studio-9 how big is your idea?-10 before you can see the world, you have to get to the airport-11 if you don't know where you are going, you will end up somewhere else-12 a few thoughts on outlines-13 eccentrics, or: How that 7-Eleven clerk with the bad eye can Make your script better-14 the weenie surprise and the "now what?" Factor-15 The case of the missing third Act, or: is it over already?-16 the importance of treatments -17 the irony of irony-18 the single bullet theory of the JFK Assassination and how it can Help the plotting of your screenplay-19 How your own "Wonder years" Will Provide Story Ideas You Couldn't imagine-20 And Then What?-21 The completed Process: Vague Idea to Basic Premise to three-Act Storyline to screenplay-22 Getting reacquainted with who you are and Where you've Been-23 How Did Your Main Character Get There?-24 Touchy-Feely and Warm and Fuzzy Versus Nasty, Bitchy, and Really Evil-25 Show Me. Don't Tell Me-26 That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger (and gives Me Story Ideas)-27 Public Live, Private Lives, and Secret Lives-28 Nobody can teach Anybody How to Write Dialogue-29 My friend Robb Doesn't Believe in UFOs-30 Never Discuss Religion or Politics. Not-31 Comedy, Horror, Romance, Mystery, Parody, Action, Drama: Choose Your Genre Wisely-32 Why Being a First-Generation Beatles Fan Can Work to Your Advantage-33 It's What's on the page, Not the Age-34 TV,VCR, and Membership in a Video Store-35 A Lesson From Chili-36 How to Analyze a Movie in 10 Easy Steps-37 What Screenplays Will Sell?
0609804952 (pbk.)
Motion picture authorship.
Television authorship.
Cinematografía
PN 1996 / G477g 2000
808.23
The screenwriter within : how to turn the movie in your head into a salable screenplay / by D.B. Gilles. - 1st ed. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c2000. - xiv, 213 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
how 3 punctuation marks, 7 words, and basic math serve as the blueprint of your screenplay- 2 the tree P's: pivotal plot points-3 why shakeapeare, sophocles, aristophanes and other 2,300-year-old greek playwrights would be the hottest screenwriters in holywood today-4 what we know isn't very interesting, so we have to make stuff up-5 things you've forgotten, Denided, and swept under the rug that will come in handy now-6 everything that can go wrong must go wrong (Murphy's other law)-7 the screenwriter as jock-8 if aristole were alive today. he'd be running a holywood studio-9 how big is your idea?-10 before you can see the world, you have to get to the airport-11 if you don't know where you are going, you will end up somewhere else-12 a few thoughts on outlines-13 eccentrics, or: How that 7-Eleven clerk with the bad eye can Make your script better-14 the weenie surprise and the "now what?" Factor-15 The case of the missing third Act, or: is it over already?-16 the importance of treatments -17 the irony of irony-18 the single bullet theory of the JFK Assassination and how it can Help the plotting of your screenplay-19 How your own "Wonder years" Will Provide Story Ideas You Couldn't imagine-20 And Then What?-21 The completed Process: Vague Idea to Basic Premise to three-Act Storyline to screenplay-22 Getting reacquainted with who you are and Where you've Been-23 How Did Your Main Character Get There?-24 Touchy-Feely and Warm and Fuzzy Versus Nasty, Bitchy, and Really Evil-25 Show Me. Don't Tell Me-26 That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger (and gives Me Story Ideas)-27 Public Live, Private Lives, and Secret Lives-28 Nobody can teach Anybody How to Write Dialogue-29 My friend Robb Doesn't Believe in UFOs-30 Never Discuss Religion or Politics. Not-31 Comedy, Horror, Romance, Mystery, Parody, Action, Drama: Choose Your Genre Wisely-32 Why Being a First-Generation Beatles Fan Can Work to Your Advantage-33 It's What's on the page, Not the Age-34 TV,VCR, and Membership in a Video Store-35 A Lesson From Chili-36 How to Analyze a Movie in 10 Easy Steps-37 What Screenplays Will Sell?
0609804952 (pbk.)
Motion picture authorship.
Television authorship.
Cinematografía
PN 1996 / G477g 2000
808.23