The Hollywood standard : the complete and authoritative guide to script format and style /

Riley, Christopher, 1961-

The Hollywood standard : the complete and authoritative guide to script format and style / Christopher Riley. - 2nd ed. - Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, c2009. - xvii, 171 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes index.

Single-camera film format -- Shot headings -- Direction -- Dialogue -- Transitions -- Punctuation -- The evolution of a script from first draft to production draft -- Special pages -- Multi-camera film format -- Underwoods and apples : tools of the screenwriting trade -- App. A. Single-camera film format sample script pages -- App. B. 3-Camera film format sample script pages.

"The simple format rules found in this book - which you can learn in an hour - come from Hollywood's top expert on script format and will guarantee that your script makes a winning first impression. Intended to be kept at a screenwriter's fingertips. The Hollywood Standard gives you what even the best script software can't clear, concise instructions and hundreds of examples to take the guesswork out of a multitude of formatting questions that perplex even seasoned screenwriters, waste their time, and steal their confidence."--BOOK JACKET

9781932907636 1932907637


Motion picture authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Authorship--Style manuals.
Guiones cinematográficos.
Cine--Argumentos, tramas, etc.
Cine--Ensayos.

PN 1996 / R573h 2009

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