Let’s cut to the chase: Writing a Great Movie is a practical nuts-and-bolts manual to dramatic writing for film. This hands-on course in screenwriting shows how to create, develop, and construct an original screenplay from scratch using seven essential tools for the screenwriter—(1) Dilemma, Crisis, Decision and Action, and Resolution; (2) Theme; (3) the 36 Dramatic Situations; (4) the Enneagram; (5) Research and Brainstorming; (6) the Central Proposition; and (7) Sequence, Proposition, and Plot—which break the writing process down into approachable steps and produce great results. Author Jeff Kitchen—a working screenwriter, renowned dramaturge, and teacher at the University of Southern California’s graduate film school—shares the insider secrets he has developed over years of writing and teaching. Writing a Great Movie is the complete guide to creating compelling screenplays that will sell. • State-of-the-art screenwriting theory and technique from a master • Author named one of today's top screenwriting teachers in Creative Screenwriting magazine • Great for writers at every level, beginner to established

Writing a Great Movie: Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting

Humor & Entertainment

Kitchen, Jeff

Movies

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Go Hollywood—with a complete, insightful look at the biggest jobs on the movie set. What I Really Want to Do on Set in Hollywood is one-stop shopping for anyone who wants to work in film. It's the only behind-the-scenes title that offers a detailed look at the industry explores more than 35 jobs from around the film industry. A must-have for anyone interested in Hollywood.

What I Really Want to Do on Set in Hollywood: A Guide to Real Jobs in the Film Industry

Business & Money

Dzyak, Brian

Job Hunting & Careers

This Business of Film: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Film Industry by Paul A. Landry. Lone Eagle Pub Co,2009

This Business of Film: A Practical Guide to Achieving Success in the Film Industry

Landry, Paula

Greenwald, Stephen R.

Industries

Film Directors: A Complete Guide

Michael Singer

Aims to provide the reader with real world facts about producing and selling a motion picture.

Film Production: The Complete Uncensored Guide to Filmmaking

Merritt, Greg

Screen Acting: How to Succeed in Motion Pictures and Television

Practical guide to motion picture and television acting, fully illustrated, covers audition tapes, and securing an agent.

Screen acting: How to succeed in motion pictures and television

Adams. Brian

Michael Singer takes the reader on an inside look at the craft, the art, the passion and vision of 50 great film directors.

A CUT ABOVE: 50 Film Directors Talk About Their Craft

Singer, Michael

This guide helps writers understand how and why great films work as well as how great form and function can combine to bring a story alive.

Secrets of Screenplay Structure

Cowgill, Linda J.

From Rugrats to Big Macs, voice-over careers are the best kept and highest paying secrets in the world. Most voice-over sessions last only ten minutes to an hour. Teri Apple's book helps the actor, radio DJ, vocal impressionist and amateur cartoon voice succeed in voice-overs, no matter where you live.

Making Money in Voice-Overs: Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in Commercials, Cartoons and Radio

Terri Apple

The Music of Star Trek is a critical and historical overview of music scored for Paramount's Star Trek franchise, from the original '60s series to the highly successful Star Trek movies and the new television show spin-offs. This comprises some of the finest and most memorable music ever written for television or film, and has become a part of our American cultural heritage. The book features in-depth discussion of the original '60s TV scores and interviews with composers who worked on the series and films including Academy Award winning composers Jerry Goldsmith and Leonard Rosenman.

The Music of Star Trek

Jeff Bond

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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