Cut to the chase : writing feature films with the pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program / edited by Linda Venis, Director, UCLA Extension Department of the Arts and Writers' Program.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Venis, Linda, editor.

UCLA Extension Writers' Program.

Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Physical Description:

xviii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013]

Summary:

"Accomplished writers from the renowned UCLA Extension Writers' Program provide an invaluable how-to book for aspiring feature film writers ... Cut to the Chase is written by professional writers who teach in UCLA Extension Writers' Program, whose alumni's many credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Twilight; and the Academy Award nominated Letters from Iwo Jima. From learning how to identify story ideas that make a good movie to opening career doors and keeping them open, this authoritative, comprehensive, and entertaining book, edited by Writers' Program Director Linda Venis, will be the film-writing bible for decades to come."--Www.Amazon.com.

Contents:

Introduction / by Linda Venis

Section I: From idea to outline : preparing to write your feature screenplay. Hollywood storytelling : its enduring appeal and universal principles / by Billy Mernit ; Jump-starting the screenplay / by Jon Bernstein ; "What happens next?" : structuring the screenplay / by Andy Guerdat ; Building characters / by Cindy Davis ; Deepening characters and defining their arcs / by Billy Mernit ; Outlining the screenplay / by Juliet Aires Giglio

Section II: Writing your first draft feature screenplay. Writing through the first draft / by Steve Mazur ; The who, what, where, when, why (and how!) of writing a scene / by Dan Vining ; Pictures in motion: scenes and the movement they create / by Chrysanthy Balis

Section III: Rewriting your feature screenplay. Taking the script to the next level: the rewrite process begins / by Quinton Peeples ; The art and craft of dialogue writing / by Karl Iglesias ; "Show, don't tell": visual screenwriting / by Philip Eisner ; Polish workshop : Making your best even better / by Michael Weiss

Section IV: Being a professional in the movie business. Demystifying the business of feature film writing / by Laurence Rosenthal ; Launching and sustaining a feature film writing career / by Deborah Dean Davis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.

ISBN:

9781592408108

1592408109

OCLC:

828246264

Publisher Number:

99995913315