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Short Films: Writing the Screenplay (Creative Essentials)
Patrick Nash
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Description for Short Films: Writing the Screenplay (Creative Essentials)
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APF; CBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
Every award-winning short film begins life with a clever idea, a good story and a screenplay. Patrick Nash analyses the process of writing short film screenplays and gives advice on:
- Story and structure
- Ideas generation
- Plot and pace
- Screenplay format
- Dos and don'ts
- Eliciting emotion
- Dialogue and subtext
- Character design
- Protagonists and antagonists
- Character motivation and goals
- Conflict, obstacles and stakes
- Clichés and Stereotypes
- Beginnings, middles and ends
- Hooking the viewer
- Screenplay competitions
- Loglines, outlines and synopses
- Rewriting and length
- Practicalities and budgets
The book also includes a number of award-winning scripts and interviews, advice and contributions from their award-winning screenwriters and a discussion of the benefits to writers of writing short screenplays.
Product Details
Publisher
Oldcastle Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Harpenden, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842435014
SKU
V9781842435014
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Ref
99-3
About Patrick Nash
PATRICK NASH is an award-winning writer of both short and feature length screenplays. A winner in Hollywood's Page Awards, he has also won multiple Arts Council Awards, a Lion Award, a Colorado Film Award, the Shoreline Scripts Feature Competition and been a finalist and runner up in many competitions such as The BBC's Tony Doyle Awards and the British Short ... Read more
Reviews for Short Films: Writing the Screenplay (Creative Essentials)
I would definitely recommend this book . . . (it is) a very thorough look at all aspects of being a writer of short scripts
Michelle Goode
Writesofluid
Straight talking tome bursting with practical advice
Total Film
A helpful book for anyone interested in screenwriting
Tom Farr
Tom Farr Reviews
Michelle Goode
Writesofluid
Straight talking tome bursting with practical advice
Total Film
A helpful book for anyone interested in screenwriting
Tom Farr
Tom Farr Reviews