Writing and selling drama screenplays / Lucy V. Hay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hay, Lucy V., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--Marketing.

Drama.

Playwriting--Marketing--Case studies.

Playwriting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hertfordshire, England : Creative Essentials, 2014.

Summary:

It may be drama features that win the most awards and kudos from critics, but in the current marketplace you're unlikely to sell a drama screenplay in the way you would a genre script. Breaking down the nuts and bolts of what differentiates drama from genre, Writing and Selling Drama Screenplays will consider questions such as: What is 'emotional truth'? What separates stereotypical and authentic characters? What are the different types of drama feature screenplay? How do we make these films, when there's 'no money'? What are the distribution opportunities for dramas? Exploring the ways in which drama and authenticity work, it will empower screenwriters to make their own story and character choices, so they can write and also help to package, finance and even make their own drama features. Writing and Selling Drama Screenplays will include detailed case studies of produced dramas made on both shoestring and bigger budgets, and industry insights from their writers, directors and producers. It looks in-depth at Scottish BAFTA-winning Night People, the iconic coming out movie Beautiful Thing, the touching New Orleans drama Hours, starring the late Paul Walker, and the ambitious true story of Saving Mr Banks, based on the battle of wills between Mary Poppins author PL Travers and Walt Disney himself. It will also discuss films such as Brokeback Mountain, American Beauty, The King's Speech, Juno, Erin Brockovich, Changeling and Girl, Interrupted.

Contents:

Cover

Blurb

Author the Author

Title

Dedication

Contents

Preface

What Drama is Not (And Beyond)

Writing Versus Selling

Truth and Dare

The Psyche and Conflict

Common Writer and Drama Mistakes

Know Your Drama Niche

Beating the Odds

True Blue

No One Size Fits All

Whatever It Takes

Writing And Selling Your Own Spec Drama Screenplay

Addendum

Resources

About Us

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 12, 2014).

ISBN:

9781843444138

1843444135

9781843444121

1843444127

9781843444152

1843444151

OCLC:

893736258