Story Sense: A Screenwriter's Guide for Film and Television / Edition 1

by Paul Lucey

Overview

This is the first true textbook for a course in screenwriting. Story Sense provides specific strategies for writing story,character,and script. A wealth of techniques are suggested so that screenwriters can select those that work best for them. The book has been conceived as a working manual for screenwriters and offers hands-on advice for solving the many problems that crop up as the work progresses. In addition,the book includes examples of script format,a glossary of film terms,the Writer's Guild's compensation terms,and such insider examples as a sample studio script evaluation form,a sample script analysis,a sample studio reader's questionnaire,and a sample re-write.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900070389969
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Table of Contents

PART 1: WRITING THE STORY

CHAPTER 1: SELECTING AN IDEA FOR A FILM OR TELEVISION STORY

CHAPTER 2: EXPANDING THE STORY IDEA

CHAPTER 3: WRITING THE PLOT
PART 2: WRITING THE SCRIPT

CHAPTER 4: SCENE STRUCTURE AND THE BASIC DRAMATIC UNITS

CHAPTER 5: CREATING EMOTIONALLY DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS

CHAPTER 6: DIALOGUE AND CHARACTER

CHAPTER 7: DRAMATIZATION

CHAPTER 8: WRITING FOR THE CAMERA: VISUAL STORYTELLING

CHAPTER 9: WRITING STAGE DIRECTIONS

CHAPTER 10: SCRIPT FORMAT FOR FEATURE FILMS AND TELEVISION

CHAPTER 11: REWRITING

CHAPTER 12: CAREER COUNSELING FOR NEW SCREENWRITERS
APPENDIXES

Appendix A: Suggested Media to Illustrate Points Made in the Various Chapters

Appendix B: The Screenwriter's Reference Shell

Appendix C: Sequence Breakdown and Shot Numbers of The Verdict

Appendix D: Professional Version of the "Marry Me--or Else" Scene

Appendix E: Script Evaluation Forms

Appendix F: WGA TV Show List

Appendix G: WGA Minimum Basic Agreement, 1991-1994

Appendix H: Rewrite of Immigrant Scene Exercise in Chapter 13

Appendix I: Writer's Deal Memorandum