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A Practical Guide to Improving Your Screenplay

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This is not a beginners book on screenplay writing, though a beginner could read it and learn.  This is a writers consigliere.  Its a book of advice and reflection that will kick ass against just about any screenwriting problem.  Its a series of essays on film and television writing, a deep background on very specific craft issues ranging from punctuation to meaning in your screenplay.  Chapters range from  The Antagonist as a Good Guy to how to establish an emotional core in your script, to one on Katy Perry's use of story in her concerts (Yes, that Katy Perry) to The Power of Story.  Theres even one called "What Film School Should I Go to?" Youll want to carry it with you to the Starbucks and consult it like you would your best friend when you run into trouble.  It will get you to think about your writing in new ways and to give you tools to express those thoughts.  Its a writers secret weapon, and now you can have it, too.

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There is a revolution happening in entertainment and it is all the Internets fault. Its a revolution that is changing the rules for television and filmmaking and the major studios are scrambling to figure out their place in this new world. Independent filmmakers have discovered that web television is a fantastic way to break into the industry creating many opportunities. But as with everything new, this vast ocean called web television can be hard to navigate. This book gives you a comprehensive map to web television and walks you through the crucial steps on how to fund, film, market, and distribute your web series opus.

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There are many books that assist writers with their craft, structure, and formatting, all of which are important. However, there does not exist a guide for writers to understand the evolution of their genre. In order to effectively write within a transmedia environment  a marketplace that includes different groups of consumers with short attention spans across various platforms  todays writer must master the history of their genre. By understanding where and how their genre has emerged they develop their own authentic texts and these fresh, genuine concepts will stand apart in a media landscape that is muddied with copycat material.

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An Insider's Guide to a Screenwriting Career

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There are plenty of books about the craft of screenwriting, and a handful about pitching your screenplay. However, little can be found on how to go from writing to pitching in the professional space. There is no formula, no three-step plan. Getting It Write: An Insiders Guide to a Screenwriting Career unlocks pragmatic guidance for constructing a screenwriting career, delivered by a sought-after industry authority who works with writers both novice and professional.

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This second edition of Cut by Cut: Editing Your Film or Video covers the current landscape of postproduction process, taking the reader step by step through the editors journey from receiving dailies to delivering on film, tape, file, or disk for YouTube, cinema, Blu-ray, or TV. The book guides the filmmaker through the operation of digital editing systems, sound and music editing and the mix, and tape, tapeless, and film workflows. The middle section lasers in on how to edit the footage: Make cuts, video effects, overlaps, and cheat shots as well as how to approach different genres such as comedy, documentary, drama, and music videos. The final section takes on music and sound editing and the mix, and wraps up by describing finishing processes including online, negative cutting, and DI processes.

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Create Your Own TV Series for the Internet-2nd edition

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A first of its kind, all-in-one guide to creating short-form TV series for the Internet. Written in a hip and entertaining style in the language of the cyber generation, this book guides the aspiring videomaker from an initial series idea through writing, production, and uploading and marketing a polished pilot and successive episodes of his or her own original Internet TV series.

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What Every Film Director, Writer, and Editor Should Know About Scene Transitions

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Between the Scenes delivers a fresh approach to film directing, screenwriting, and editing. Once youve got your scenes planned out, this book steps in by shifting your focus to how your individual sequences and scenes connect to each other. Youll find new ways to create emotional feelings in your audience. From location choices, to character movement between scenes, to the use of music, scene transitions are where the meat is in your story, and now youll discover a new pallet of creative possibilities.

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How Professional Directors Use a Moving Camera to Energize Their Films

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The first half of this book is devoted to teaching a systemized approach that can be used to design the very best moving shot for any dialogue scene, no matter how complex or long. Bettmans Five Task approach enables the aspiring director to quickly grasp this difficult element of directorial craft. In the second half the reader is taught how to shoot action sequences using moving and static cameras and the gamut of lenses to achieve the magic trick essential to shooting action  making stunts that are highly controlled and neither violent nor dangerous look completely mind-blowing.

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A very pragmatic look at what they are looking for combined with techniques for delivering that. Includes Tales from the Trenches, lessons from various sets and development situations to illustrate the points being made, from one of the legendary production and development executives.

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Master Shots Vol 3: The Director's Vision

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100 Setups, Scenes and Moves for Your Breakthrough Movie

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A highly visual exploration of the best shots, moves, and set-ups in the industry. This books reveals the secrets behind each shots success, so it can be adapted to the directors individual scenes.

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Writing the Science Fiction Film describes the kinds of stories that work best as science fiction, explores the parameters of the science fiction genre, and shows what science fiction can offer to writers that other genres cannot.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Strengthen Structure, Characters, and Drama in your Screenplay

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Legendary screenwriting instructor and award-winning writer Paul Chitlik presents an easy-to-read, step-by-step process to take your script from first draft to submission.

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While other books give you tips on how to write funny, this book offers a paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, and the proven, practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts. The Hidden Tools of Comedy unlocks the unique secrets and techniques of writing comedy. Kaplan deconstructs sequences in popular films and TV that work and dont work, and explains what tools were used (or should have been used).

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Crowdfunding for Filmmakers offers practical information, tips, and tactics for launching a successful film campaign by detailing traditional models of fundraising, utilizing todays technological and social innovations, and augmenting each step with an added personal touch. The book examines various ways to meet and exceed ones crowdfunding goal through chapters ?on team building, audience outreach, and crowdfunder etiquette, along with a section containing case studies from successful film campaigns.

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Alfred Hitchcock's Moviemaking Master Class

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Learning about Film from the Master of Suspense

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Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most revered filmmakers of the 20th century. Not only was he the Master of Suspense, he was also an innovator of storyboarding, directing, framing, editing, and marketing. Hitchcock regularly engaged with his audiences and gave lectures at film institutes, universities, and film schools across the country. Now in this Movie Making Master Class, Hitchcock author and aficionado Tony Lee Moral takes you through the process of making a ?motion picture, Hitchcock-style.

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From humble beginnings in a small Midwestern town to being an integral part of the underground film scene of San Francisco in the 60s. From studying with Balinese shadow puppet masters to presenting documentary screenings for the Dalai Lama. From producing the best parody ever of Star Wars to documenting the spiritual healing powers of Ayahuasca in the Peruvian jungle. From the hustle and bustle of film production in Hollywood to running the biggest how-to filmmaking press in the world, Michael has lived a life accompanied by countless paradigm thinkers such as Buckminster Fuller and Salvador Dali, and he puts his heart and soul in every chapter to show you what the journey to true success, on every level of life, looks like.

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Dan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay Structure

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Inside Tips from the Writer of ALIEN, TOTAL RECALL and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

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Dan OBannon famously crafted his screenplays using a self-designed system which he called dynamic structure. This book outlines how OBannons method differs from those of other well-known screenwriting gurus, and illustrates with examples from classic (and not-so-classic) films how dynamic structure can be applied to craft narrative and character. OBannon also includes his insights on subjects such as the logic of the three-act structure, the role of the producer in screenplay development, and the psychological principle known as hedonic adaptation, which has a unique effect on the structuring of screen stories.

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How To Arrive, Survive and Thrive in the Director's Chair

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There are many books on the art of directing. This is the only book about the career itself. Building on the success and popularity of the 1st edition of The Working Director, this new edition adds entirely new and up-to-the-minute focus on the current world of the entry-level filmmaker, the filmmaker looking to move up, and the director whos fighting to reinvent a once promising career. Readers learn where filmmakers find the filmmaking skills they need, how to approach the so-critical first film, how to land that first directing job, and how to get a suddenly silent phone to start ringing again. Using examples from his three decades directing high-profile productions, writer/director Charles Wilkinson shares a thousand lessons learned by himself and his fellow working directors.

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Crime stories have always intrigued viewers and storytellers. Today, crime shows rule the airwaves and there is truly a procedural drama out there for every personality  and every writer. Born out of the authors real-life experiences growing up around death investigation, Forensic Speak unlocks the secrets of forensic science for writers and fans alike. With a filmography of 100 film and TV examples and 80 additional resources, the book provides writers direct access to hundred of ways to make their crime writing more authentic.

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Michael Wiese shares his story of adventure on the magical island of Bali