Hollywood Standard: A Guide to Screenplay Format and Style
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Hollywood Standard: A Guide to Screenplay Format and Style
29.99 €
The Hollywood Standard is a globally recognized script format. Christopher Riley’s Hollywood Standard is a book that every writer should have.
One quick look at the script is enough for a producer to understand that the author is a layman. The beginner gives ignorance of the principles of writing and designing the script, and, unfortunately, in this case, even the most brilliant idea, once on paper, looks unconvincing.
Christopher Riley, a professional screenwriter who ran Warner Bros.’s scripting department, knows more about the Hollywood standard than anyone in the film industry. In his book, he talks in detail about all the rules of the script format and explains how to embody in the text any visual images born in your head. Clear and clear instructions and hundreds of examples will help to understand the many questions that puzzle even experienced writers:
- When do you need a new headline?
- How to make flashbacks and dreams?
- How to describe the features of the shooting?
- How do you describe the beginning and end of a scene seen from the point of view of a character?
- What information to put in the remark?
Using excerpts from scripts by Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Taiki Waititi and other cult authors, Riley shows how, while remaining within the strict framework of the classical script format, it is possible to create innovative texts for cinema.
“Hollywood Standard” withstood 3 reissues and for 17 years remains a board book of famous Hollywood writers, producers and showrunners. Suitable for both professionals and aspiring screenwriters.
One quick look at the script is enough for a producer to understand that the author is a layman. The beginner gives ignorance of the principles of writing and designing the script, and, unfortunately, in this case, even the most brilliant idea, once on paper, looks unconvincing.
Christopher Riley, a professional screenwriter who ran Warner Bros.’s scripting department, knows more about the Hollywood standard than anyone in the film industry. In his book, he talks in detail about all the rules of the script format and explains how to embody in the text any visual images born in your head. Clear and clear instructions and hundreds of examples will help to understand the many questions that puzzle even experienced writers:
- When do you need a new headline?
- How to make flashbacks and dreams?
- How to describe the features of the shooting?
- How do you describe the beginning and end of a scene seen from the point of view of a character?
- What information to put in the remark?
Using excerpts from scripts by Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Taiki Waititi and other cult authors, Riley shows how, while remaining within the strict framework of the classical script format, it is possible to create innovative texts for cinema.
“Hollywood Standard” withstood 3 reissues and for 17 years remains a board book of famous Hollywood writers, producers and showrunners. Suitable for both professionals and aspiring screenwriters.
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