| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 238 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"An Owl book." |
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"How to transform novels, plays, and true-life stories into screenplays"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-228) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Turning fact and fiction into film -- Part One. What's the problem? : 1. Why literature resists film -- 2. Why theatre resists film -- 3. Why the true-life story resists film -- 4. From film into film -- Part Two. Creating the second original : 5. Finding the story -- 6. Choosing the characters -- 7. Exploring the theme -- 8. Creating and shading style, mood, and tone -- Part Three. Twice told - twice sold : 9. Optioning a story -- 10. Writing a docudrama for television. |
| Subject |
Film adaptations.
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Motion picture authorship.
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Motion picture plays -- Technique.
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Motion pictures and literature.
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Filmscenario's.
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Bewerkingen.
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| ISBN |
0805016260 (acid-free paper) : FPT $14.95 |
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9780805016260 (acid-free paper) |
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