Cut to the chase : scriptwriting for beginners / Janet van Eeden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Eeden, Janet, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Motion picture plays--Technique.

Motion picture plays.

Playwriting.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, South Africa : Hands-On Books, 2023.

Summary:

"So many people watch films and yet so few know how to write a film well. Film writing is a very specific art form. Over the past twenty-something years of writing film, Janet van Eeden made every mistake in the book and eventually turned to experts to learn to hone her craft effectively. Using the advice from screenwriting experts such as Robert McKee and Christopher Vogler, amongst many others, Janet van Eeden developed an effective approach to scriptwriting. Cut to the chase breaks down the essentials of writing for film. Janet van Eeden uses her experience of writing feature films and short films for more than two decades as well as her many years of lecturing in a series of eight modules with practical tasks to implement the knowledge given in each section. This user-friendly manual unlocks the world of film writing for students. It includes a step-by-step writing programme, setting specific tasks after each module so that the reader can build up their own film script. At the end of the course, the reader will have been guided towards writing a well-thought-out first draft script that would be written to internationally acceptable standards."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

What is scriptwriting?

Characters

Structure

The pitch's the thing ...

The right treatment ...

Finding the beat

What defines writing for film?

Crowdfunding. What is crowdfunding?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Please note that another book with an identical ISBN published by Modjaji Books also exists. This book has different publication year and pagination than the one published by Hands-On Books.

Hands-On Books is a micro imprint of Modjaji Books, which is a South African small-scale independent publisher, started in 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-196).

ISBN:

9781928215912

1928215912

OCLC:

1378286027

Publisher Number:

90101420689