Main description:
The Thriller is a unique movie genre in which an innocent character is drawn into an increasingly larger menace, and discovers that the only way to remain alive is through self-reliance, by exposing the malevolent evil before it can assault the larger community. Discover the secrets of Writing the Thriller Film in this book, which will have your audiences on the edge of their seat.
Neill D. Hicks is a LA based professional screenwriter whose credits include First Strike and Rumble in the Bronx. He is also the author of the Writing the Action-Adventure Film and Screenwriting 101 which are sold internationally.
Learn what it takes to get keep your audiences on the edge of their seats.
Table of contents:
Who Makes This Stuff Up?; The Expectations of Genre; The Cosmos of Credibility; Narrative Trajectory; Bounded World; Timescape; Character Ethos; The Quintessential Thriller; Epilogue; Referenced Films.
The Thriller is a unique movie genre in which an innocent character is drawn into an increasingly larger menace, and discovers that the only way to remain alive is through self-reliance, by exposing the malevolent evil before it can assault the larger community. Discover the secrets of Writing the Thriller Film in this book, which will have your audiences on the edge of their seat.
Neill D. Hicks is a LA based professional screenwriter whose credits include First Strike and Rumble in the Bronx. He is also the author of the Writing the Action-Adventure Film and Screenwriting 101 which are sold internationally.
Learn what it takes to get keep your audiences on the edge of their seats.
Table of contents:
Who Makes This Stuff Up?; The Expectations of Genre; The Cosmos of Credibility; Narrative Trajectory; Bounded World; Timescape; Character Ethos; The Quintessential Thriller; Epilogue; Referenced Films.