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ARE YOU STRUGGLING TO WRITE GREAT SCREENPLAY DIALOGUE? Don't worry, we know how you feel, as learning how to write good dialogue can be one of the hardest aspects of screenwriting to master.
This is the first book on writing dialogue of its kind: full of theory hacks, practical exercises and resources that will get your script's dialogue up where it needs to be.
Theory Hacks. This book contains a set of three theory hacks that dispel many of the...
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It's a Universal Picture!From the Vaults of the Ackerman Archives.Contains Production Background!Press Book!Biography Notes on the Cast & Crew!Complete Shooting Script!Rare Photographs!Behind the Scene Photos! The first in the Universal Filmscripts Series from MagicImage.
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Plays Worth Remembering is a two-volume set of 14 plays and two silent film screenplays by celebrated turn-of-the-20th century American playwright George Ade. Many of these works have never been published before and some do not exist in complete form anywhere else. Ade's plays offer a valuable and funny commentary on politics, community and social norms in the late 1800s/early 1900s.
This set also contains Ade's brief autobiography, a description...
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The minute that your urologist tells you that your biopsy is positive for prostate cancer, don't panic.
I have been there and that is why this book is written.
Here are ten facts:
1. Identifying cancerous cells in a biopsy of prostate gland is more difficult than identifying any other cancerous cells in biopsies of any other organs.
2. Laboratories often make mistakes, especially the laboratory that determined I had prostate cancer when...
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Schulberg's Academy Award–winning screenplay about ex-boxer and dock worker Terry Malloy, whose talent made him a contender and whose courage will make him a hero The film On the Waterfront garnered eight Oscars; the leading role of Terry Malloy was perhaps Marlon Brando's tour de force. But none of these achievements would have been possible without the explosive, inspired script written by Budd Schulberg. The story of stevedores sweating and dying...
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The screenwriters behind the cult classic comedy present the definitive behind-the-scenes companion volume.
With its unbelievable ensemble cast, Wet Hot American Summer hilariously skewered 1980s teen comedies while becoming a beloved classic in its own right. Now screenwriters David Wain and Michael Showalter have created a behind-the-scenes annotated version of the original screenplay that launched a thousand Halloween costumes. They provide commentary...
67) Wilde on Love
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Oscar Wilde was a legendary wit, a poetic provocateur, and one of England's greatest playwrights who became a martyr for free love, a scapegoat for repressive society, and a myth onto himself. Shimmering beneath the dazzling witticisms and delicious irony is Wilde's profound, serious, and unshakeable commitment to love. Love is the experience that can unmoor us from the habits, conventions, and expectations of our lives in both thrilling and unsettling...
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Read the 2016 Scriptapalooza Contest Runner-Up screenplay!
Jacob Miller is frustrated living in the shadow of his father, a famous sheriff in the old west. After years of being his deputy and suffering a series of brutal injuries, Jacob decides to run away. Using his mother's maiden name and renouncing his status of "a man of the law," he sets out to start a new life of his own and finds himself on the Olympic
Jacob soon enters a shadowy and savage...
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In Screenwriting Unchained, writer and industry expert Oberg sets out a dogma-busting, innovative method for developing screenplaysThis practical, no-nonsense guide leaves behind one-size-fits-all story theories and offers a refreshingly modern approach to story structure, making it a precious resource for anyone involved creatively in the Film and TV industry (or aspiring to be): writers, directors, producers, development execs, showrunners and,...
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Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning...
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The acclaimed National Theatre actor Robert Stephens said to the star of Granada TV's Sherlock Holmes; Jeremy Brett; "Do not undertake the role of Sherlock Holmes. He will be your undoing". "You must drop it Mr. Holmes, you really must. It will be your undoing" said Professor James Moriarty upon his first encounter with Sherlock Holmes. Somewhere between the fact and fiction Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest creation stole the soul of Jeremy Brett,...
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Philip K. Dick es autor de obras clásicas de la ciencia ficción que han inspirado películas como Bladerunner, Desafío Total y Minority Report. Desafortunadamente, Dick no vivió lo suficiente para ver cómo su sospecha de la realidad y su búsqueda de la esencia humana en un mundo artificial se convertían en preocupaciones cotidianas y lugares comunes de nuestra cultura.
Basándose en una cuidadosa revisión de materiales biográficos y en su...
73) Supermodels!
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Chloe, Max, Francesca, and Tania are successful supermodels. Despite promising careers, paranoia about their future plagues them as they age.
To counter the effects of aging, Van Swoon Cosmetics is, developing a new cosmetic line, Superheroine, an advanced formula that uses nanobots carrying alpha particles that manipulate the wearer's DNA. Bowing to corporate pressures, development of Superheroine is rushed. When the four models are, exposed to...
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In the second edition of this popular guide, actors learn to use their skills to write monologues, performance art pieces, and one-person plays. Updated to include exclusive interviews and tips on marketing, this guide helps actors create their own exciting performance opportunities and follow in the footsteps of Elaine Stritch, Billy Crystal, John Leguizamo, and other stunningly successful writer-performers of one-person shows. The author, an award-winning...
75) Deadly Seven
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Deadly Seven is a combination of monologues and 'light' script engagement of a psychologist with her seven clients, who each represent a deadly sin. Once the psychologist realizes she lacks control over each of her clients' lives, she decides to put an end to their madness. All characters represent an obsession, which ultimately destroys them; leading to their deaths.
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Philip K. Dick is the author of science-fiction classics that have inspired movies like “Bladerunner”, “Total Recall” and “Minority Report”. Sadly, Dick did not live enough to see how his suspicion of reality and his search for the human essence in an artificial world became mainstream concerns and pop culture icons.
Based on a careful review of biographical materials and his personal acquaintance with some of Dick's closest friends and...
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Mastering Monologues and Acting Sides: How to Audition Successfully for Both Traditional and New Media is everything an actor needs to be ready for that perfect part, from webisodes to Shakespeare. Scripts, acting technique tips, and exercises keep a performer toned and ready, while industry experts give advice on how to audition professionally. Invaluable Internet listings keep you on top of changing trends, as well.
Casting directors, agents,...
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Neil Gaiman's complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett.
First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is beloved by Gaiman and Pratchett fans alike. Collected here are Neil Gaiman's original scripts for the Good Omens television series, offering readers deeper insight into Gaiman's...
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The Complete Guide to Writing A Successful Screenplay outlines timesaving tools to hone your writing, so you can at¬tract Hollywood agents and producers. You will discover how to create a timeline and deadline, whether writing your screenplay is a full- or part-time job. Writing and pitching a screenplay is nothing like writing a novel, and this book presents screenplay-specific information vital for any aspiring film writer. This book discusses...
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Deadly Seven is a Psychological Thriller and Gothic screenplay based on a psychologist's seven clients, who each represent a deadly sin. As Amanda Burke, the psychologist, begins to lack control over guiding her clients' thoughts and actions, she allows their obsessions to take over their life and lead them to ultimate chaos and destruction.