Plots and characters : a screenwriter on screenwriting / by Millard Kaufman.

By:

Kaufman, Millard

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Angeles, CA : Really Great Books, c1999.Description: x, 265 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

1893329038

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.23 21

LOC classification:

PN 1996 K21p 1999

Contents:

Pt.] 1: The business of writing. Pitfalls and pratfalls: you know who did the hair? ; Top dogs, big brass: don't show up ; Writing and writhing: growing corns on your ass ; Running the bases: you've got to hit it first -- [Pt.] 2: Writing in Hollywood (or anywhere else). Getting going: prejudice and the script ; Rewrites and critiques: arm wrestling the muse is not is not enough ; Speed and stagnation: how good are you at defrosting a refrigerator? -- [Pt.] 3: The script: basics. From Greece to Hollywood: why aren't you home writing? ; Catechism beginning with theme: stick to it like grim death ; The three-act form: surrender and we'll give you a second act ; Plot and subplot: thirty-six situations including the horse will help her ; Character: heroes and heavies: raising a fist against fate ; Anatomy of a screenplay: emotions are the only facts -- [Pt.] 4: The script: making it rich. A piece of the action: invoking the worst calamity ; Conflict and empathy: the cardinal virtues ; The parabola of change: the three C's ; Plants and payoffs: progressing backwards ; Dialogue and preachment: what's said ; The orchestration of urgency: exaggeration and excitement ; A miscellany of basics: examined at the risk of belaboring the obvious ; End game: the road to fade-out.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PN 1996 K21p 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000111676

Includes index.

Pt.] 1: The business of writing. Pitfalls and pratfalls: you know who did the hair? ; Top dogs, big brass: don't show up ; Writing and writhing: growing corns on your ass ; Running the bases: you've got to hit it first --
[Pt.] 2: Writing in Hollywood (or anywhere else). Getting going: prejudice and the script ; Rewrites and critiques: arm wrestling the muse is not is not enough ; Speed and stagnation: how good are you at defrosting a refrigerator? --
[Pt.] 3: The script: basics. From Greece to Hollywood: why aren't you home writing? ; Catechism beginning with theme: stick to it like grim death ; The three-act form: surrender and we'll give you a second act ; Plot and subplot: thirty-six situations including the horse will help her ; Character: heroes and heavies: raising a fist against fate ; Anatomy of a screenplay: emotions are the only facts --
[Pt.] 4: The script: making it rich. A piece of the action: invoking the worst calamity ; Conflict and empathy: the cardinal virtues ; The parabola of change: the three C's ; Plants and payoffs: progressing backwards ; Dialogue and preachment: what's said ; The orchestration of urgency: exaggeration and excitement ; A miscellany of basics: examined at the risk of belaboring the obvious ; End game: the road to fade-out.

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