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ScreenplayScreenplay

Screenplay1979

Syd Field

4.1(12)on Hardcover

About this book

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.

Details

First published
1979
OL Work ID
OL15845018W

Subjects

Motion picture authorshipMotion picture playsTechniqueCreative writingMoving-picture authorshipscreenwritingscreen playsfiction authorshipfiction techniquePerforming artsFilm

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