TY - BOOK AU - Field,Syd TI - The screenwriter's problem solver: how to recognize, identify, and define screenwriting problems SN - 0440504910 (pbk.) AV - PN 1996 F456s 2006 U1 - 808.2 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Bantam Dell KW - Motion picture authorship KW - Motion picture plays KW - Technique KW - Cinematografía KW - Técnicas N1 - Delta trade Paperback edition; Introduction -- The art of problem solving -- So, what's the problem? -- Locating the problem -- Approaching the problem -- Part I: Some common problems -- Talking heads -- Dazed, lost, and confused -- The nature of dull -- Part II: Problems of plot -- Too much, too soon -- The need to explain -- Something's missing -- Another time, another place: bridging time and action -- Part III: Problems of character -- What is character? -- The circle of being -- Dull, thin, and boring -- The passive article -- The flash point -- Part IV: Problems of structure -- Sceneus Interruptus -- Set-ups and pay-offs -- Enter late and get out early -- Okay, fasten your seat belts -- Endings -- The troubleshooter's guide N2 - "Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant - secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success ... or even Cannes. Learn how to understand what makes great stories work; make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models; use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight; make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does; and recover when you hit the "wall"--And overcome writer's block forever."--Jacket UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random058/97030241.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random041/97030241.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random042/97030241.html ER -