Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 0002
- Publisher: Univ of California Pr
- Publish date: 02/01/2000
Description:
Since it first appeared in 1994, Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay has become a "must read" for screenwriters everywhere and turned many a novice into a professional screenwriter. In this expanded edition, Horton surveys the New Hollywood while always emphasizing the one element of a film that truly holds our interest -- character.
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This updated and expanded edition includes:
-- A new chapter on screenwriting in the twenty-first century and beyond
-- Ten new exercises
-- Updated and expanded lists for contests, fellowships, resources, and festivals
-- A wealth of examples from film and television including Shakespeare in Love, The Silence of the Lambs, Fargo, Thelma & Louise, Northern Exposure, The Full Monty, Big Night, Life Is Beautiful
-- A fourteen-week character and script development schedule
-- Guides for pitching, self-critique, rewriting, registering your script, working on foreign projects, producing your own script, and more
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