Key Features
* Written by the Founder and Director of the Raindance Film Festival - the largest independent film festival in Europe!
* CD-Rom contains interviews with top directors, sample scripts, legal contracts, and writing exercises!
* A no-nonsense approach to writing and selling a HOT screenplay
* NEW screenplays to discuss including Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind and Borat
Reviews
This is an invaluable manual for the first-time screenwriter. A guide that takes in every aspect of the screenwriting process.
--Ayub Khan-Din, Writer for East is East
An authoritative guide full of wit and wisdom, through which Grove's personality shines.
--Justin Bowyer, Total Film
Description
If you are looking for a straightforward, practical, no-nonsense guide to scriptwriting that will show you the way to success, then read on! Learn from the creator of the Raindance Film Festival himself. Using a hands-on approach to screenwriting based on years of experience writing and teaching, this will have you well on your way to the first draft of your winning script.
Written by the creator of the Raindance Film Festival himself, Elliot Grove draws on his on his many years experience teaching screenwriting for Raindance training. He uses step-by-step processes illustrated with diagrams and charts to lend a visual structure to the teaching. Techniques are related to real-life examples throughout, from low budget to blockbuster films.
New to this edition:
* Analysis of 3 new independent hits
* New interviews on CD-R along with the sample scripts and writing excersizes you already know and love
* New discussion based on conversations with top filmmakers from around the world
Contents
Introduction; Getting Your Idea on to Paper; Tale Assembly; Characters; Scene Writing; Dialogue; The Writer's Blueprint; 10,000 Monkeys--Copyright; Marketing Your Script; The Movie Game; The Power File; Pitching; Eight-Line Letter; The Deal; The Life of a Screenwriter; Script Format and Style Guide; Troubleshooting Guide; Three Golden Rules (Quantity-not quality; discipline; reject rejection); Resources for Screenwriters; Glossary
