Christopher Riley

The Hollywood Standard (eBook, ePUB)

The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Hollywood Standard describes in clear, vivid prose and hundreds of examples how to format every element of a screenplay or television script. A reference for everyone who writes for the screen, from the novice to the veteran, this is the dictionary of script format, with instructions for formatting everything from the simplest master scene heading to the most complex and challenging musical underwater dream sequence. This new edition includes a quick start guide, plus new chapters on avoiding a dozen deadly formatting mistakes, clarifying the difference between a spec script and production script, and mastering the vital art of proofreading. For the first time, readers will find instructions for formatting instant messages, text messages, email exchanges and caller ID.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Michael Wiese Productions
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781615930043
• Artikelnr.: 38335321

Autorenporträt

Christopher Riley is an American screenwriter whose first film, After The Truth, a multiple-award-winning courtroom thriller, sparked international controversy when it was released in Germany in 1999. Other credits include 25 To Life, written for Touchstone Pictures, The Other White House, written for Sean Connery's Fountainbridge Films, Aces, written for Paramount Pictures and Emmy-winning producer Robert Cort, and an adaptation of the book Actual Innocence, for Mandalay Television Pictures and the Fox television network. He is a 14-year veteran of the Warner Bros. script department, and from 2005 through 2008, he served as director of the acclaimed Act One Writing Program in Hollywood. He executive produced the groundbreaking 2010 web series Bump+ and produced the 2013 feature film, Red Line. He teaches screenwriting at John Paul the Great Catholic University and serves on the Pediatric Central Institutional Review

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Antwone Fisher
Introduction
Chapter 1: Quick Start Guide
Chapter 2: Avoiding a Dozen Deadly Formatting Mistakes
Chapter 3: Spec Scripts vs. Production Drafts
Chapter 4: Single-Camera Film Format
Chapter 5: Improvisations by the Masters
Chapter 6: Shot Headings
Chapter 7: Direction
Chapter 8: Dialogue
Chapter 9: Transitions
Chapter 10: Punctuation
Chapter 11: The Evolution of a Script from First Draft to Production Draft
Chapter 12: Special Pages
Chapter 13: Animation Formats
Chapter 14: Multi-Camera Film Format
Chapter 15: Unleashing the Power of Final Draft
Chapter 16: Search and Destroy: The Power of Proofreading
Appendices A, B and C
Index