Blake Snyder

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies (eBook, ePUB)

The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, "Save the Cat!," author and screenwriter Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Michael Wiese Productions
• Seitenzahl: 287
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781615930012
• Artikelnr.: 38461972

Inhaltsangabe

Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements Foreword
In which producer Sheila Hanahan Taylor (American Pie, Final Destination)
confirms the success stories of the Save the Cat! method and tells how this
may be the best Cat! yet.
STC! 2: The Introduction
Why a sequel? - "Genre" and "Structure" - Plus some Final Words that define
terms used throughout the Cat! series.
Chapter One: Monster in the House
The definition of one of the most popular story types ever, plus breakdowns
on Alien, Fatal Attraction, Scream, The Ring, and Saw.
Chapter Two: Golden Fleece
How Jason and the Argonauts begat The Bad News Bears (1976); Planes, Trains
and Automobiles; Saving Private Ryan; Ocean's Eleven; and Maria Full of
Grace.
Chapter Three: Out of the Bottle
Magical analyses of movies using magic: Freaky Friday (1976), Cocoon, The
Nutty Professor, What Women Want, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind.
Chapter Four: Dude with a Problem
The "dude" is an innocent and in big trouble in Three Days of the Condor,
Die Hard, Sleeping with the Enemy, Deep Impact, and Open Water.
Chapter Five: Rites of Passage
Growth through pain in stories where "transition" is the obstacle: 10,
Kramer vs. Kramer, Ordinary People, 28 Days, and Napoleon Dynamite.
Chapter Six: Buddy Love
The broad range of "love" stories include The Black Stallion, Lethal
Weapon, When Harry Met Sally..., Titanic, and Brokeback Mountain.
Chapter Seven: Whydunit
The "detective" seeks the dark side and discovers "us" - as seen in All the
President's Men, Blade Runner, Fargo, Mystic River, and Brick.
Chapter Eight: Fool Triumphant
This "fish out of water" tale stars an underdog we overlook in Being There,
Tootsie, Forrest Gump, Legally Blonde, and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Chapter Nine: Institutionalized
Who matters most, the individual or the group? It's Man vs. "the herd" in
M*A*S*H, Do the Right Thing, Office Space, Training Day, and Crash.
Chapter Ten: Superhero
Extraordinary man faces the ordinary world... and its Lilliputians in
Raging Bull, The Lion King, The Matrix, Gladiator, and Spider-Man 2.
277 afterword
So what about Ghost? - How to best use this book to create any story you're
working on and make it resonate!
Glossary Redux
Even More Terms from the 310 Area Code - An updated slangfest of Cat!
phrases explained once and for all, including such new terminology as the
"chase to the airport," the "button," the "Half Man," and the "eye of the
storm."
About the Author