Screenplay

The Foundations of Screenwriting

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Syd Field: Screenplay (1998, MJF Books)

Hardcover, 262 pages

English language

Published March 5, 1998 by MJF Books.

ISBN:
978-1-56731-239-3
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OCLC Number:
40946747

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One of the seminal and much respected texts in the field of screenwriting by one of the greats.

Screenplay has been revised and updated many times and it remains a number one bestseller on Amazon in 2016, years after it was first published. The book contains guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints elements essential to a screenplay and provides a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing a successful script.

9 editions

Subjects

  • Creative writing guides
  • Film & television screenplays
  • Writing & editing guides
  • Performing Arts/Dance
  • Motion picture authorship
  • Performing Arts
  • Technique
  • Composition & Creative Writing - Play/Scriptwriting
  • Film & Video - Screenwriting
  • Film - Screenwriting
  • Sale Books
  • Motion picture plays