Could It Be a Movie?: How to Get Your Ideas from Out of Your Head and Up on the Screen
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0941188949 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tracy Valleau said Excellent. I've been thru several older "classic" books on screenwriting, and while each was helpful, they were the same old stuff: formatting, characters and so on. Each seemed like a re-wording of the other.OTOH, Kristina's book is straight from the gut, and is recent enough to tell it like it is. The fundamental stuff is all there, as well as up to date information. Her help was invaluable to me, a beginning screenwriter. I didn't want Syd Fields all over again, and this book delivers. Highly recommended!. Bookdynamo said MARIE JONES, BOOKIDEAS.COM BOOK REVIEWER SAYS. Each year, thousands upon thousands of screenplays reach the desks of harried and overworked Hollywood agents, managers and producers. Perhaps only 10% of these screenplays, if that many, will ever get more than one read-through. Fewer still will be purchased, and fewer than that will ever make it to the big screen. Still, the screenplays keep arrivingChristina Hamlett's book "Could It Be A Movie?" helps make things a little easier for aspiring writers by providing informative interviews, insider stories, hands-on exercises and industry insight that can help . Not just a How to book, but a How to and Enjoy! AMC As Christina Hamlett makes us aware in the very first pages of Could it be a Movie, technology has made it cheaper and easier for anybody with an idea to write a screenplay and get it made, and because so it is possible that everybody knows somebody who wants to be a screenwriter. But with the glut of "How To" books on the market, how does one decide which is the best to guide them through the difficult process? Most screenwriting books are competent at laying out the nuts and bolts and technical jargon of screenwriting, but Christina Hamlett's Could it be a
Before you stock your shelves with books on how to write a film, this is the roadmap you need to determine if cinema is the best destination for your creative ideas.
Christina Hamlett is a former actress/director and an experienced teacher of screenwriting online, in film camps and school workshops
About the AuthorChristina Hamlett is a former actress/director and an experienced teacher of screenwriting online, in film camps and school workshops