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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Horton is the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma. His many books include Laughing Out Loud: Writing the Comedy-Centered Screenplay (California! 2000)! Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay (second edition! California! 2000). He is an award-winning screenwriter who has written for American! Greek! New Zealand! Russian! Hungarian! and Norwegian productions. Klappentext "Horton offers a unique and most welcome perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing today's screenwriters. The result -a rich mixture of memoir, analysis, contributing articles from a global array of writers, and recipes (!) -is both informative and inspiring."—Herschel Weingrod, Screenwriter (Trading Places, Twins, and Kindergarten Cop) and producer (Falling Down). "Andy Horton has traveled more widely than any mortal in search of that elusive species, the perfect screenplay. He has lived not only to tell the tale but to entertain, delight and educate all who read him. Travel, inside and out, and you might find a tale of your own. But first, read Horton!"—Gareth Jones, Writer, Director (Shalom Salaam, The Trial of Klaus Barbie) , Producer, Script Analyst Zusammenfassung Cinema is a global phenomenon and screenwriters who limit their ambitions to Hollywood can unnecessarily limit their careers. This book provides the practical know-how for breaking into the global marketplace. It contains advice on writing for screens large and small, around the world from Hollywood to New Zealand, and from Europe to Russia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Bernard Gordon Acknowledgments Introduction: Drink Locally! Write Globally PART 1. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY WAYS Chapter 1. Have Laptop and Passport! Will Travel: Personal Takes on Worldwide Screenwriting Chapter 2. The Hollywood Influence on Worldwide Screenwriting and International/Independent Influences on Hollywood Chapter 3. Eight Worldwide Projects Up Close PART 2. A CARNIVAL OF WORLDWIDE SCREENWRITERS Chapter 4. New Zealand: Moving Beyond a National Cinema-Andrea Bosshard Chapter 5. After Naked Men and Wedding Bells: Screenwriting in the United Kingdom in a New Century-Phil Parker Chapter 6. Through a Mythic Lens-Randy Redroad-Snapp Chapter 7. Screenwriting (and Filmmaking) in the Balkans-Slobodan Sijan Chapter 8. American TV Writing: Musings of a Global Storyteller-Karen Hall Chapter 9. Lew Hunter's Worldwide Screenwriting 434-Lew Hunter Chapter 10. Building a Screenplay: A Five-Act Paradigm! or! What Syd Field Didn't Tell You-Rachid Nougmanov Chapter 11. "I Want Movies to Surprise! Stimulate! and Shock Audiences": An Interview with Terry Gilliam-Andrew Horton Fade Out: Conclusions! New Beginnings Appendix 1. Print Resources Appendix 2. The Internet and Screenwriting: FADEIN.com Appendix 3. Americans Reaching Out Appendix 4. Hooking into Hollywood and Beyond from Overseas Appendix 5. Finding an Agent! Producer! or Guardian Angel Appendix 6. A Recipe for Worldwide Salmon Out of Water Bibliography List of Contributors Index ...
