Film - Screenwriting
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The Donnie Darko Book
$19.00 Read moreA companion volume to “one of the most original works of recent American Cinema”*
Donnie Darko was the surprise cult hit of 2001. Appearing nationwide on critic’s year-end top-ten lists, the quirky in- Author: Kelly, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 155
- Publish Date: October 31 2003
- ISBN10: 0571221246
- Language: English
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Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers’ Program
$24.00 Add to cartMillions of people dream of writing a screenplay but don’t know how to begin, or are already working on a script but are stuck and need some targeted advice. Or maybe they have a great script, but no … [more below]
- Author: Venis, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 06 2013
- ISBN10: 1592408109
- Language: English
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Crafting and Revising Dialogue
$19.99 Add to cart“What is ‘good’ dialogue? Ask the question of a writer, reader, movie-goer or television binge-watcher, and you’ll get a bunch of different responses.
Good dialogue is quotable.
Rapid-fire.
Character-
- Author: Gorney, Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: September 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1940761425
- Language: English
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Crazy Screenwriting Secrets: How to Capture a Global Audience
$29.95 Add to cartThrough a “Crazy” approach in writing the feature screenplay, the first half of the book guides the reader in how to create and develop: Story Idea, Characters, One Page Step Outline, and the solid sc… [more below]
- Author: Lin, Weiko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1615933018
- Language: English
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The Short Screenplay: Your Short Film from Concept to Production
$51.45 Add to cartWith the growth of film festivals, cable networks, specialty home video, and the Internet, there are more outlets and opportunities for screening short films now than at any time in the last 100 years… [more below]
- Series: Aspiring Filmmaker’s Library
- Author: Gurskis, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1598633384
- Language: English
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Writing the Romantic Comedy, 20th Anniversary Expanded and Updated Edition: The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen
$18.99 Add to cart“Writing the Romantic Comedy is so much fun to read it could pop a champagne cork.”–Alexa Junge, writer and producer of Friends
Revised and expanded to celebrate a new generation of romantic comedies,
- Author: Mernit, Billy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0062950266
- Language: English
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How Not to Make a Short Film: Secrets from a Sundance Programmer
$19.99 Add to cartAnyone can make a short film, right? Just grab some friends and your handheld and you can do it in a weekend or two before being accepted to a slew of film festivals, right? Wrong. Roberta Munroe scre… [more below]
- Author: Munroe, Roberta Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 20 2009
- ISBN10: 1401309542
- Language: English
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The Hollywood Standard – Third Edition: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Library Edition)
$49.95 Add to cartIntended to be kept at a screenwriter’s fingertips, The Hollywood Standard provides what even the best script software can’t: clear, concise instructions and hundreds of examples to take the guesswork
- Author: Riley, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1615933565
- Language: English
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The Virgin’s Promise: Writing Stories of Feminine Creative, Spiritual, and Sexual Awakening
$21.95 Add to cartThe Virgin’s Promise demystifies the complexities of archetypes and clearly outlines the steps of a Virgin’s Journey to realize her dream. Audiences need to see more than brave, self-sacrificing Heroe
- Author: Hudson, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1932907726
- Language: English
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Haunt: Screenplay & Filmmaker Diaries
$19.99 Add to cartA Quiet Place writers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods offer a first-hand look at the life of a filmmaker and the brutal ups and downs that come with it. While writing and directing their feature Haunt, Beck
- Author: Beck, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 9798218059132
- Language: English
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Memento & Following
$18.00 Add to cartThe screenplay for the cult film that took audiences by storm
Memento is a remarkably layered, psychological-puzzle film that explores the narrative possibilities of noir, turning its detective into a- Author: Nolan, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0571210473
- Language: English
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How to Build a Great Screenplay: A Master Class in Storytelling for Film
$30.00 Add to cartHow to Bulid a Great Screenplay is a definitive guide on the mechanics of screenwriting–filled with examples–from the author of The Tools of Screenwriting.
Acclaimed USC screenwriting teacher David- Author: Howard, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 24 2006
- ISBN10: 031235262X
- Language: English
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The Guide for Every Screenwriter: From Synopsis to Subplots: The Secrets of Screenwriting Revealed
$12.89 Add to cartScreenwriting made simple. The Guide for Every Screenwriter is one of the most efficient instruction manuals on the craft. This book cuts past the verbose exposition, and gets straight to work, delive
- Author: Calhoun, Geoffrey D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: May 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1733989633
- Language: English
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The Coffee Break Screenwriter: Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time
$28.95 Add to cartThe writer receives guidance and tips at every stage of the often intimidating writing process with a relaxed, “ten minutes at a time” method that focuses the writer and pushes him or her forward. At … [more below]
- Author: Alessandra, Pilar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: May 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1615932429
- Language: English
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Dogma
$18.00 Add to cartOne of the major hits of the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, a film that proved too hot for Disney to handle, Kevin Smith’s ribald, revolutionary new film Dogma is a comic theological fantasy that is sure … [more below]
- Author: Smith, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 16 1999
- ISBN10: 0802136796
- Language: English
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Reservoir Dogs: The Screenplay
$17.00 Add to cartQuentin Tarantino’s films have single-handedly revived and redefined American noir, bringing to Hollywood a new energy, irony, and cool. Tarantino has won awards and accolades around the world, earned… [more below]
- Author: Tarantino, Quentin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0802136850
- Language: English
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Dunkirk
$17.95 Add to cartAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, and France are surrounded by the German army during fierce battle in World War II. The soldiers are evacuated across the Channel, not knowing … [more below]
- Author: Nolan, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 08 2017
- ISBN10: 0571336256
- Language: English
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21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow’s Films
$21.95 Add to cartThe 21st-Century Screenplay is a comprehensive and highly practical screenwriting manual. An eagerly anticipated successor to the author’s internationally acclaimed book Scriptwriting Updated, it cove… [more below]
- Author: Aronson, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 490
- Publish Date: March 24 2011
- ISBN10: 1935247034
- Language: English
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Lolita: The Book of the Film
$23.93 Add to cartForeword by Jeremy Irons, preface by Adrian Lyne. Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, Schiff tells the astounding story behind the most controversial movie of our time. 75 movie stills. “Like Nabo… [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Schiff, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1557833540
- Language: English
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Jacob’s Ladder
$25.43 Add to cartFrom the hit movie directed by Adrian Lyne, this is the original script with over 100 photos. From Rubin’s introduction: The script presented here is not my initial screenplay but the final draft comp… [more below]
- Series: Applause Books
- Author: Rubin, Bruce Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 155783086X
- Language: English
