Pen sincerely wants to help his readers find their artistic voice, offering inspiring perspectives on overcoming the challenges of a working writer, from self-doubt to creating stories to pitching to
Only a fool would enter a film set without having first read this production manual. There is no faster way up the ladder than being prepared and no faster way out the door than by screwing up. This
Learn how to read a script, find its core, determine your vision, communicate with writers, actors, designers, cinematographers, editors, composers, and all the members of your creative team in order
This book explains in precise, easy to understand language everything the novice director needs to know before taking on his or her first professional assignment.
This authentic "how-to" guide - adaptable to all tools and technologies - is the most comprehensive book available on the principles, methods, and strategies, vital to the creative art of film editin
To make their stories come alive, screenwriters must understand human behavior. Using this book, writers can make Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Erick Erikson, and Joseph Campbell their writ
Offering an integrative approach to writing all forms of narrative, this illustrated book contains evocative insights from the authors own professional journey. The emphasis on the integration of bot
In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, "Save the Cat!," author and screenwriter Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach
First of a new series of books designed specially to support the indie film community. Using the MWP Imprint, MWP will introduce new, highly viable, commercial scripts to an entire new market ?
A revised and expanded sequel to Stealing Fire from the Gods, this 2nd edition includes important new revelations concerning the ultimate source of unity, the structures of the whole story passage, t
The Moral Premise reveals the foundational concept at the heart of all storytelling and successful box office movies. In concrete terms it explains how you can create your own success and, in the pro
Beneath the entertaining and instructive war stories lies the truth: how directors elicit the best performances from difficult and terrified actors. You'll learn how to use proven techniques to get a
This books gives teens--who go to the movies more than any age group in the world--the tools to do more than just watch those movies. It gives them the tools to write their own films.
Horror has, among all of the genres in film and written works, one of the longest, most distinguished, and often misunderstood bloodlines in history. It is often overlooked by critics who don't see a
Film Editing: Great Cuts Every Filmmaker and Movie Lover Must Know makes the invisible art of editing visible by using nearly 600 colorful frames from popular, recent films. The frames, accompanied b
The spiritual and cultural beliefs of Bali are encapsulated in extraordinary mandalas, hypnotic focal points for drawing the observer deeply into himself, to a perspective from which the multiplicity
Every great filmmaker has role models and films which inspired him or her to greater and greater heights. Here, for the first time, is a guide that takes you into the inner workings of classic scenes
Conflict is the very heart and soul of drama, and Smith's latest work explores character conflict and the various ways to portray it both in scripts and on the stage.
