Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Billboard Books October 1, 2006
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0823069788
ISBN-13: 978-0823069781
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
•State of the art screenwriting theory and technique from a master
•Author named one of today’s top screenwriting teachers in Creative Screenwriting magazine Lets cut to the chase. Writing a Great Movie is a practical nuts-and-bolts manual to dramatic writing for film.This hands-on course in screenwriting shows how to create, develop, and construct an original screenplay from scratch using seven essential tools for the screenwriter—(1) Dilemma, Crisis, Decision and Action, and Resolution; (2) Theme; (3) the 36 Dramatic Situations; (4) the Enneagram; (5) Research and Brainstorming; (6) the Central Proposition; and (7) Sequence, Proposition, and Plot—which break the writing process down into approachable steps and produce great results. Jeff Kitchen shares the insider secrets he has developed over years of writing and teaching. Writing a Great Movieis the complete guide to creating compelling screenplays that will sell.
About The Author
Jeff Kitchen worked as a dramturge at New York’s Playwrights Preview Productions and the Negro Ensemble Company before starting to teach playwriting and screenwriting in 1991. He has worked with executives at Miramax, Sony Pictures, and Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group. He lives in Santa Monica, California.
