It's like taking a Master Class in screenwriting ... all in one book!
Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.
"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."-Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond
The book covers (among other topics):
- Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman (“Capote”) on writing real stories
- Tom DiCillio (“Living In Oblivion”) on turning a short into a feature
- Kasi Lemmons (“Eve's Bayou”) on writing for a different time period
- George Romero (“Martin”) on writing horror on a budget
- Rebecca Miller (“Personal Velocity”) on adapting short stories
- Stuart Gordon (“Re-Animator”) on adaptations
- Academy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman (“Metropolitan”) on cheap ways to make it look expensive
- Miranda July (“Me and You and Everyone We Know”) on making your writing spontaneous
- Alex Cox (“Repo Man”) on scaling the script to meet a budget
- Joan Micklin Silver (“Hester Street”) on writing history on a budget
- Bob Clark (“Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things”) on mixing humor and horror
- And more!
This is the book for anyone who's serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced!
It's like taking a Master Class in screenwriting ... all in one book!
Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.
"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."-Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond
The book covers (among other topics):
- Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman (“Capote”) on writing real stories
- Tom DiCillio (“Living In Oblivion”) on turning a short into a feature
- Kasi Lemmons (“Eve's Bayou”) on writing for a different time period
- George Romero (“Martin”) on writing horror on a budget
- Rebecca Miller (“Personal Velocity”) on adapting short stories
- Stuart Gordon (“Re-Animator”) on adaptations
- Academy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman (“Metropolitan”) on cheap ways to make it look expensive
- Miranda July (“Me and You and Everyone We Know”) on making your writing spontaneous
- Alex Cox (“Repo Man”) on scaling the script to meet a budget
- Joan Micklin Silver (“Hester Street”) on writing history on a budget
- Bob Clark (“Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things”) on mixing humor and horror
- And more!
This is the book for anyone who's serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced!
Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies
Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940173261618 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Albert's Bridge Books |
| Publication date: | 11/03/2020 |
| Series: | Fast, Cheap Filmmaking Books , #2 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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