Guy Gallo

Screenwriter's Compass (eBook, ePUB)

Character As True North

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ever watch a movie, and despite great production value, fantastic action sequences, a great cast, etc, you come away thinking-I just didn't buy it. Chances are it was because you didn't care about the characters. Screenwriter's Compass presents a new way of approaching screenwriting, examining how effective screen storytelling must be grounded in the vivid imagining and presentation of character.

Screenwriter's Compass will not offer formulas to follow but instead will give you the tools needed to chart your own path to screenwriting success. It details useful ways of thinking about writing, as well as practical ideas and concepts to help you discover the unique geography of your own imagination and navigate the problems posed by the struggle to express vision, agenda, and story. You'll learn how to root your writing in motivation and voice, to create screenplays that seduce and make your reader lean forward, and, most importantly, identify with your characters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 213
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136038730
• Artikelnr.: 38443482

Autorenporträt

Guy Gallo's first produced screenplay (Under the Volcano) was directed by John Huston and released in 1984. Since then he has written over a dozen feature screenplays, with four others produced. He has over 20 years of teaching experience at the Columbia University's School of the Arts, New York University, and Barnard College, his students including James Mangold (Girl Interrupted, 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line), and Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland).

Inhaltsangabe

FIRST THINGS
Screenwriter's Compass
Big Deal-You're Writing a Screenplay
Gear Up
Screenwriting Is Writing
Craftsmanship
GROUNDWORK
Reading Theory
Upsetting Aristotle
Putting Aristotle to Work
Character-Driven versus Plot-Driven
Fable and Construct
Turning Theory to Task
GETTING READY
Master Shot Screenplay
Reading Screenplays
Composition Creates Story
On Outlines
On Character Histories
On Treatments
On Adaptation
FIRST DRAFT
The Blank Page
Scene and Action Description
Camera Gestures and Paragraphing
Being God
Character Logic
Hearing Voices
Empathy
Thinking of Structure
Breaking a Block
REVISION
First Reader
Looking Again for Logic
Questions
Challenges and Pitfalls
On Expectation
FINISHING
Wrighting a Screenplay
Screenplay Format
Series of Shots
Proofreading
Submission
GETTING READY AGAIN
Passion and Purpose
Happy Accident
Intuition and Analysis
Lessons

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FIRST THINGS

Screenwriter's Compass

Big Deal-You're Writing a Screenplay

Gear Up

Screenwriting Is Writing

Craftsmanship

GROUNDWORK

Reading Theory

Upsetting Aristotle

Putting Aristotle to Work

Character-Driven versus Plot-Driven

Fable and Construct

Turning Theory to Task

GETTING READY

Master Shot Screenplay

Reading Screenplays

Composition Creates Story

On Outlines

On Character Histories

On Treatments

On Adaptation

FIRST DRAFT

The Blank Page

Scene and Action Description

Camera Gestures and Paragraphing

Being God

Character Logic

Hearing Voices

Empathy

Thinking of Structure

Breaking a Block

REVISION

First Reader

Looking Again for Logic

Questions

Challenges and Pitfalls

On Expectation

FINISHING

Wrighting a Screenplay

Screenplay Format

Series of Shots

Proofreading

Submission

GETTING READY AGAIN

Passion and Purpose

Happy Accident

Intuition and Analysis

Lessons

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"For those of you who are completely new to screenwriting, Gallo goes into all the stuff you'll need to know, including all the basics like proper formatting, outlines, treatments, etc."

-Beyond Hollywood, www.beyondhollywood.com

"Once more, he harmonizes feedback with motivation. Personally, as an aspiring screenwriter, Gallo's explanation of the revision process (usually the hardest part of doing a script) was the most telling. And, by the end, it's his appreciation for all cinema and obvious experience-not verbose examinations into Greek philosophers-that separates his work from other how-to books."

- Film Monthly, www.filmmonthly.com

"While it goes over things from a screen play perspective, and all that is, is a really well done story for the screen...this can be used for writing novels, short stories and even stage plays, or the techniques can even work in a comic book script as well."

-Impulse Gamer, www.impulsegamer.com