Screenwriter''s Compass - Character As True North

Zusatztext "More than just the compass..this is the whole ship. Designed to safely navigate a screenwriter's journey to safe harbor! it's avirtual mega-yacht of a book: swift! secure! beautifully detailed...and above all! fun. Guy Gallo is one of the very few practitioners of the art who can show you how to chart your own course...and survive."--Tony Bill! producer The Sting (1973)"I now have a screenwriting bible. As a working screenwriter! Gallo's words serve as a fantastic check-list for producing quality work. As a teacher of filmmaking! Gallo has provided my students and I with an incredibly useful and lucid set of tools. Gallo is a generous man for sharing his screenwriting genius." -- Emily Abt! writer! director! film professor! Princeton University"Guy Gallo celebrates the adventure of writing a screenplay. He encourages writers to end up with 'a surprise that wasn't what you sat down to write.' It's simply the best book about writing for the screen I've read." -- Terry Jones! screenwriter! Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Life of Brian; Labyrinth"...Gallo offers readers clear! concise tips on and examples of screenwriting techniques! liberally sprinkled with his personal experiences as a screenwriter. Accessible and engaging! Gallo's book makes an excellent resource and guide for both novices and professionals looking to add another tool to their screenwriting toolbox. Summing Up: Recommended." -- A. F. Winstead! Our Lady of the Lake University! CHOICE Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext Many screenwriting books emphasize structure and plot to the detriment of character and, perhaps partly because of this, a frequent flaw of the modern screenplay is the over-reliance on plot as the GPS of the composition journey. In Screenwriter's Compass, Guy Gallo shows aspiring and professional screenwriters how to move away from the turn-by-turn directions of the outline and navigate more intuitively. Screenwriters will see that narrative grows out of behavior and will stop pushing and pummeling their characters to fit the outline. With Gallo's guidance, screenwriters will learn how to root their funniest prose and catchiest dialogue in character and voice to make their worlds real. Zusammenfassung Presents a new way of approaching screenwriting, examining how effective screen storytelling must be grounded in the vivid imagining and presentation of character. This title shows you how to root your writing in motivation and voice, to create screenplays that seduce and make your reader lean forward, and, identify with your characters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Questio...

List of contents

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

Report

"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
 

Product details

• Authors: Guy Gallo, Guy (Screenwriter and Professor Gallo, Gallo Guy
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2012
• EAN: 9780240818078
• ISBN: 978-0-240-81807-8
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Television, The arts: general issues, Films, cinema, Film, TV & radio, Radio / Podcasts, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, The arts: general topics