Script partners : how to succeed at co-writing for film & TV / Claudia Johnson & Matt Stevens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Claudia (Claudia Hunter), author.

Stevens, Matt (Screenwriter), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Television authorship.

Authorship--Collaboration.

Physical Description:

xviii, 255 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Some of the greatest movies and television series have been written by script partners. From Billy Wilder's legendary collaborations with Charles Brackett and I.A.L. Diamond to the work of the Coen Brothers, writing teams and their secrets of success are as intriguing as the scripts they create. Script Partners, Second Edition brings together the experience, knowledge, and winning techniques of Hollywood's most productive partnerships-including Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Chad & Carey Hayes (The Conjuring), Patrick Massett & John Zinman (Friday Night Lights TV series; Gold), Andrew Reich & Ted Cohen (Friends), Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio (Despicable Me), and Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood; The People vs. Larry Flynt). Aspiring and established scriptwriters will learn how to pick the right partner and projects, co-create character and story, co-draft and rewrite a script, manage the creative and business relationship, and successfully collaborate in the film/TV industry. This new edition has been expanded and updated to include additional interviews with cutting-edge writing teams, excerpts from award-winning scripts, a new chapter about co-writing the rewrite, and a must-read new chapter for film and scriptwriting students-"A Film School Survival Kit or How Collaboration Helps You Get In, Get Along and Get Ahead". Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Why Collaborate? The Top Ten Reasons to Write With a Partner 1

Chapter 2 A Film School Survival Kit or How Collaboration Helps You Get In, Get Along, and Get Ahead 17

Chapter 3 Finding the Right Writing Partner 35

Chapter 4 Making the Creative Relationship Work 57

Chapter 5 Solving the Space-Time Conundrum 77

Chapter 6 Choosing the Right Project 95

Chapter 7 Co-Creating Character 117

Chapter 8 Co-Creating Story and Structure 137

Chapter 9 Co-Drafting the Script 161

Chapter 10 Co-Writing the Rewrite 183

Chapter 11 Making the Business Relationship Work 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138904576

9781138904583

1138904589

1138904570

OCLC:

927620025

Publisher Number:

99969597251