A hands-on workshop, this book allows the reader to participate in the processes that have made Syd Field's workshops invaluable to beginners and working professionals alike.
A hands-on workshop, this book allows the reader to participate in the processes that have made Syd Field's workshops invaluable to beginners and working professionals alike.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Part One: Preparation. The blank page -- About structure -- The paradigm -- Four pages -- What makes good character? -- The tools of character -- Conflict and the circle of being -- Of time and memory. Part Two: Writing the screenplay. Structuring Act I -- The first ten pages -- The second and third ten pages -- Finding the mid-point -- First half, second half -- Writing Act II -- Act III: the resolution -- The rewrite -- The 'good read'.