J Mira Kopell

The Screenwriter's Workshop

Creative Exploration Through Meaningful Critique

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through a series of carefully designed writing workshops, this book guides the screenwriter through the messy creativity of screenwriting, providing readers with a path to screenwriting that values reflection, critique, and exploration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781032287225
• ISBN-10: 1032287225
• Artikelnr.: 69113735

Autorenporträt

J. Mira Kopell is an award-winning filmmaker and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught screenwriting and digital production for over 20 years, with many of her students establishing professional careers in screenwriting. Kopell has sold screenplays to HBO and independent film producers, and has been a script evaluator for the American Film Institute and the National Endowment for the Arts. She received her MFA in Film Production at New York University and is a member of the Writers Guild of America East.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A Workshop Focused on Creative Development 2. Principles of an Effective
Workshop Session 1. The One-Pager: Connect to Key Elements of Your Story
Session 2. The Initial Outline: Find Your Story's Engine in Plot and
Character Session 3. The Structure-Focused Outline: Support Your Story
Session 4. The Opening: Transition From Outline to Script Session 5. Scene
Work: Listen to Your Muses Epilogue Appendix A: The Script Library Appendix
B: Examples of the One-Pager Appendix C: Examples of the Three Page Outine