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| christopher keane screenwriter: How to Write a Selling Screenplay Christopher Keane, 2009-11-04 Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths--and the tricks--of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire process, from developing a story to finding the best agent. Using an annotated version of an often-optioned screenplay of his own, and citing examples from movies ranging from Casablanca and Lethal Weapon to Sling Blade and The English Patient, he discusses how to create three-dimensional characters, find a compelling story, build an airtight plot structure, fine-tune dialogue, and much more. Keane's tips on the difference between writing for film and television, as well as his advice on dealing with Hollywood movers and shakers, make this an essential companion for people writing their first--or their fortieth--screenplay. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Way Hollywood Tells It David Bordwell, 2006-04-10 Publisher description |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Script Culture and the American Screenplay Kevin Alexander Boon, 2008-01-10 By considering the screenplay as a literary object worthy of critical inquiry, this volume breaks new ground in film studies. Though the history of the screenplay is as long and rich as the history of film itself, critics and scholars have neglected it as a topic of serious research. Script Culture and the American Screenplay treats the screenplay as a literary work in its own right, presenting analyses of screenplays from a variety of frameworks, including feminism, Marxism, structuralism, philosophy, and psychology. In distancing the text of screenplays from the on-screen performance typically associated with them, Kevin Alexander Boon expands the scope of film studies into exciting new territory with this volume. Script Culture and the American Screenplay is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides a general background for screenplay studies, tracing the evolution of the screenplay from the early shot lists and continuities of George Méliès and Thomas Harper Ince to the more detailed narratives of contemporary works. Part 2 offers specific, primarily thematic, critical examinations of screenplays, along with discussions of the original screenplay and the screenplay adaptation. In all, Boon explains that screenplay criticism distinguishes itself from traditional film studies in three major ways. The primary focus of screenplay criticism is on the screenplay rather than the film, the focus of screenplay studies is on the screenwriter rather than the director, and screenplay criticism, like literary criticism, is written to illuminate a reader’s understanding of the text. Boon demonstrates that whether we are concerned with aesthetics and identifying rules for distinguishing the literary from the non-literary, or whether we align ourselves with more contemporary theories, which recognize texts as distinguishable in their inter-relationships and marked difference, screenplays constitute a rich cache of works worthy of critical examination. Film scholars as well as students of film, creative writing, and literary studies will appreciate this singular volume. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Screenwriter's Handbook Barry Turner, 2007 From the writers, editors and compilers of the highly successful The Writer's Handbook comes the first edition of The Screenwriter's Handbook, an indispensible companion for everyone who commissions screenwriters, works with them or writes (or wants their chance to write) for the screen. Containing thousands of entries covering every aspect of scriptwriting, with provocative articles and useful advice from leading representatives of the trade, this practical, straightforward guide, with indexes to aid quick searches, provides full details on the core markets and the way the television and film industries are going. In addition to the key areas of UK and US film and TV agents and production companies, writers' courses and circles, festivals, grants and prizes, the guide also offers invaluable expert advice on contracts, copyright, and taxation. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Scene Book Sandra Scofield, 2007-03-27 A treasure-trove of scene-writing wisdom from award-winning author and teacher Sandra Scofield To write a good scene, you have to know the following: • Every scene has an EVENT • Every scene has a FUNCTION in the narrative • Every scene has a STRUCTURE: a beginning, middle, and end • Every scene has a PULSE The Scene Book is a fundamental guide to crafting more effective scenes in fiction. In clear, simple language, Sandra Scofield shows both the beginner and the seasoned writer how to build better scenes, the underpinning of any good narrative. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Everything Creative Writing Book Wendy Burt-thomas, 2010-06-18 Many people can write. But writing well enough to get published takes hours of practice, the ability to take criticism, and expert advice. Filled with stories and tips from published authors, this easy-to-use guide teaches you the basics of the writing craft. Whether you want to create poems or plays, children's books or online blogs, romance novels or a memoir, you'll learn to write more effectively and creatively. Published author, editor, and PR consultant Wendy Burt-Thomas covers all aspects of writing, including how to: Prepare to write, from planning to research to organization Properly structure your piece to fit your chosen genre Stay focused during the drafting and editing processes Work with other authors Overcome writer's block Market your writing |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Independent Film & Videomaker's Guide Michael Wiese, 1998 Updated to reflect the technology and business environment of independent filmmaking in the 1990s, this is a step-by-step guide for the beginning producer who is serious about filmmaking, not only as a craft but also as a business. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Screenwriter's Handbook 2009 Barry Turner, 2008-08-12 This is the essential guide for all aspiring, new and established writers for the screen. It includes hundreds of useful contact detail entries from courses, societies and grants to representation and production companies.--Provided by publisher. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Guide to Writers' Conferences, 1990 Lawrence H. Caplan, Dorlene V. Shane, 1989-11 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Guide to Writers Conferences , 1989 Writers conferences, workshops, seminars, colonies, retreats, and organizations. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: How Fairy Tales live happily ever after: (Analyzing) The art of adapting Fairy Tales Conny Eisfeld, 2015-02-18 What happened to the classic fairy tale? Do we still read the 'old and dusty tales' of wonder to our children or would we rather take them to the cinema? The fairy tale boom has reached Hollywood where popular tales are currently transformed into entertainment movies. Makers of films and TV series have become the storytellers of the digital age - a transition that frequently leads to discussions about how these new forms limit or contribute to the further development and preservation of the traditional fairy tale. But what exactly is a traditional fairy tale? The book follows the history of the tale, how it has been changing colors and how it has been adapting and surviving for centuries. The main focus lies on the literary and multi-medial analysis of two popular fairy tales: Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood, which have not only been adapted to the screen recently but have been repeatedly altered throughout the centuries. Follow the journey of the fairy tale from its most basic form, i.e. oral storytelling, to a written and illustrated commitment that shaped the general image of fairy tales for forthcoming generations, to its newest form: the visualization through new and digital media. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect Claudia Hunter Johnson, 2005 Publisher Description |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Frame by Frame II Phyllis Rauch Klotman, Gloria J. Gibson, 1997 A filmography of Blacks in the film industry |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Flicker Jeffrey M. Zacks, 2015 How is it that a patch of flickering light on a wall can produce experiences that engage our imaginations and can feel totally real? From the vertigo of a skydive to the emotional charge of an unexpected victory or defeat, movies give us some of our most vivid experiences and most lasting memories. They reshape our emotions and worldviews--but why? In Flicker, Jeff Zacks delves into the history of cinema and the latest research to explain what happens between your ears when you sit down in the theatre and the lights go out. Some of the questions Flicker answers: Why do we flinch when Rocky takes a punch in Sylvester Stallone's movies, duck when the jet careens towards the tower in Airplane, and tap our toes to the dance numbers in Chicago or Moulin Rouge? Why do so many of us cry at the movies? What's the difference between remembering what happened in a movie and what happened in real life--and can we always tell the difference? To answer these questions and more, Flicker gives us an engaging, fast-paced look at what happens in your head when you watch a movie. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Poets & Writers , 1998 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Writer William Henry Hills, Robert Luce, 1987 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Story , 1998 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The AWP Official Guide to Writing Programs David W. Fenza, 1999 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Hemingway Review , 1993 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Beyond Style - Mastering the Finer Points of Writing Gary Provost, 2015-12-17 To write well, you must reach beyond the classroom basics of composition, get a grip on the more complex concepts, and learn how to create books, articles, and stories that move—not only from the editor’s desk to the bookstore, but also in the minds of your readers. In this book, accomplished writer Gary Provost helps you tackle that tough task. Here you’ll touch the soul of fine fiction and nonfiction. You’ll explore the intangibles: the relationships between form and content, proportion and pacing, slant and theme. And you’ll gain a new perspective on how words work together. In that newfound knowledge you’ll find power—power Provost helps you transfer to the page. In candid, conversational style, he shows you: • how to balance event and dialogue to keep the pace lively • why unity is essential to a story—and how to maintain it • how to make the written word pleasing to the ear • the value of fresh, strong imagery • how startling originality will keep your readers interested • how to make your story credible—even when it’s fiction • how subtlety allows your reader to participate in the action • how to tighten up the tension at every level of your story Provost makes no promise that the work will be easy. He promises only that your books, articles, and stories will get better. There are, after all, no magic words—except those you put on the page. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Novel and Short Story Writer's Market '98 Donya Dickerson, Megan Lane, 1998-01-15 This authoritative guide features 2,200 book and magazine markets seeking every kind of fiction, including literary, mainstream, romance, mystery, religious, historical, westerns and more. Listings provide complete information on each publisher's specific requests, payment policies and submission guidelines--so you can target the best leads for your novel or short story. And, a comprehensive Category Index sorts listings by fiction type for quick referencing. Book jacket. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Mary's Mosaic Peter Janney, 2013-10-01 Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to immediately locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive and revealing? Had Mary Meyer finally put together the intricate pieces of a bewildering, conspiratorial mosaic of information that revealed a plan to assassinate her lover, President Kennedy, with the trail ultimately ending at the doorstep of the Central Intelligence Agency? And was it mere coincidence that Mary Meyer was killed less than three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission Report? Based on years of painstaking research and interviews, much of it revealed here for the first time, author Peter Janney traces some of the most important events and influences in the life of Mary Pinchot Meyer—including her first meeting with Jack Kennedy at the Choate School during the winter of 1936, her explorations with psychedelic drugs, and finally how she supported her secret lover, the president of the United States, as he turned away from the Cold War toward the pursuit of world peace. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination—and Mary Meyer’s—Mary’s Mosaic adds to our understanding of why both took place. This paperback edition has been updated and revised with a significant postscript that focuses on Meyer’s alleged assassin, who the author finally located and confronted in person in August 2012, as well as the ongoing saga of Janney’s attempt to reopen the case based on new evidence. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Filmmaking Joanne Parrent, 2002 The most comprehensive introduction to film making. -- Some how-to books on filmmaking focus on making specific types of films, such as short dramatic films or documentaries. Others focus on one aspect of filmmaking, such as directing or editing. Still others focus on a particular medium, such as digital filmmaking. The Complete Idiot's Guide RM to Film Making covers all of these topics -- and more! -- This book will appeal to film students, wannabe film students, and writers tired of trying to get their own work sold/distributed, and want to go it alone. The Complete Idiot's Guide RM to Film Making will do for aspiring filmmakers what The Complete Idiot's Guide RM to Screenwriting is doing for aspiring screenwriters. In fact, this book should have the added luxury of also appealing to aspiring screenwriters, especially those who have struggled to get their work purchased, who have considered trying to produce and direct their own screenplays. Regardless of motivation for picking up The Complete Idiot's Guide RM to Film Making readers will find it to be the most comprehensive book on the subject -- and on two different levels. First, it will cover every aspect of the filmmaking process, from script to pre-production, to directing, to post-production, to distribution. Secondly, it will cover virtually every form of filmmaking, including independent features, Hollywood films, television movies, documentaries, corporate and educational films, reality films, digital/Internet films, and music videos. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Library Journal , 2003 Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: The Six Day Horror Movie Michael P. DiPaolo, 2004-11-18 When someone offered Michael DiPaolo $5,000 to help make a Digital Video horror film, he jumped at the chance to test a theory: an ultra-low budget feature, shot in less than a week, with a paid cast and crew, could be successful if meticulously planned. Using one computer and one camcorder, he produced and edited Daddy, which had its theatrical premier in New York City in 2004. This book breaks down the production through a detailed daily diary, emphasizing that the most important aspects of successful producing are careful planning and camaraderie in the group. The work covers many points important for the low-budget filmmaker, including selecting a story; budgeting; scheduling; picking cast and crew; scouting locations; finding wardrobe, food, and transportation; and what to do if you run out of time or money. Postproduction is also covered (editing, computer work, and sound design), as is the result of all this hard work: screenings, festivals, and distributors. One chapter covers the primacy of cinematic point-of-view, and another profiles some role models for the aspiring low-budget filmmaker: Edgar Ulmer, Val Lewton, Roger Corman, John Cassavetes, Ed Wood, Jr., and Jean-Luc Godard. Later chapters explain strategy and tactics of guerrilla filmmaking and show the budding filmmaker how to recognize both his limitations and his strengths. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Film Bulletin , 1980 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Hot Property Christopher Keane, 2003 A working screenwriter tells how to cash in on the newest Hollywood trends. The technology of filmmaking has changed drastically-and so have the rules for making it in Hollywood. Screenwriter Christopher Keane's groundbreaking step-by-step screenwriting workshop clues every writer in on how to shift their focus to meet the wants of a new independent Hollywood and still remain true to a personal vision. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Hot Property: Screenwriting in the New Hollywood Christopher Keane, Christopher Keane, MPH, Scd, 2003-08 The technology of filmmaking has changed drastically--and so have the rules for making it in Hollywood. Screenwriter Christopher Keane's groundbreaking step-by-step screenwriting workshop clues every writer in on how to shift their focus to meet the wants of a new independent Hollywood and still remain true to a personal vision. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: My Story Can Beat Up Your Story! Jeffrey Alan Schechter, 2011 Offering a systematic approach for aspiring and working screenwriters, My Story Can Beat Up Your Story helps writers create professional, sellable stories that work for every genre. The book features examples from more than 70 movies. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Film Review , 1981 The year's releases in review, with necrologies and brief articles. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Extraordinary Jobs in Entertainment Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, 2006 Ever wonder who wrangles the animals during a movie shoot? What it takes to be a brewmaster? How that play-by-play announcer got his job? What it is like to be a secret shopper? The new. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Life Or Movie Mickael L. Rozwarski, 2002 Life or movie: Which comes first? is a glimpse into an aspiring screenwriter's mind as he tries to figure out the inner workings of high concept movies. The author starts out with the premise that there are very easy rules that govern storytelling, rules which are universal and tolerate no exceptions. That is how he was led to discard traditional perspectives of movie analysis one after the other (Field, Campbell, Jung, Freud) which all proved to be unfaithful to observable facts. The author proposes then a change of paradigm and a different look at storytelling: fiction is like magic; you cannot explain it or it will break the spell, ruin the magic. But when you think about it, there are no two rational ways of making a rabbit appear from a hat. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Your Screenplay Sucks! William M. Akers, 2014-04 A lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Tom Paine John Keane, 2007-12-01 “It is hard to imagine this magnificent biography ever being superseded . . . It is a stylish, splendidly erudite work.” —Terry Eagleton, The Guardian “More than any other public figure of the eighteenth century, Tom Paine strikes our times like a trumpet blast from a distant world.” So begins John Keane’s magnificent and award-winning (the Fraunces Tavern Book Award) biography of one of democracy’s greatest champions. Among friends and enemies alike, Paine earned a reputation as a notorious pamphleteer, one of the greatest political figures of his day, and the author of three bestselling books, Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. Setting his compelling narrative against a vivid social backdrop of prerevolutionary America and the French Revolution, John Keane melds together the public and the shadowy private sides of Paine’s life in a remarkable piece of scholarship. This is the definitive biography of a man whose life and work profoundly shaped the modern age. “[A] richly detailed . . . disciplined labor of scholarship and love, an exemplar of the rewards of a gargantuan effort at historical research. . . . In short, buy it; it’s definitive.” —Library Journal |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Film – An International Bibliography Malte Hagener, Michael Töteberg, 2002-04-12 Diese kommentierte Bibliographie ist auch im internationalen Vergleich konkurrenzlos. Sie gibt Wissenschaftler/innen, Studierenden und Journalist/innen zuverlässig Auskunft über rund 6000 internationale Veröffentlichungen zum Thema Film und Medien. Vorgestellt werden Publikationen aus folgenden Rubriken: Nachschlagewerke, Filmgeschichte, Genres, Spezialthemen, Nationale Kinematographien, Theorie/Kritik, Politik/Wirtschaft/Recht und Fernsehen/Video/Multimedia. Neben aktuellen Titeln - darunter auch Lexika auf CD-Rom - wird auf historische Standardwerke verwiesen. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf deutsch- und englischsprachigen Titeln, erfasst werden aber bei speziellen Themenbereichen auch Bücher in französischer, italienischer und anderen Sprachen. Den Rubriken vorangestellt ist ein kurzer Überblick, der den Forschungsstand knapp skizziert. Innerhalb der Rubriken ist die Anordnung chronologisch. Werke, die mehrere Sachgebiete behandeln, sind durch Querverweise leicht auffindbar. Bei Titeln, die in überarbeiteter oder erweiterter Form vorliegen bzw. deren deutsche Ausgabe von der Originalausgabe abweichen, wird die Editionsgeschichte kurz erläutert. Die durchgängig englischen Kommentare zu den Werken informieren über die Thematik und den methodischen Ansatz. Bei jedem Titel finden sich Angaben zu Umfang, Abbildungen, Filmographien, Bibliographien, Registern etc. - Ein internationales Beratergremium unterstützte die Autoren und gewährleistet die Zuverlässigkeit der Bibliographie. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Education Technology in Physical Education and Sports Dr. Rakesh Gupta, 2021-05-19 Rapid developments in electronic technology have made important effects on Education systems in the world. It is doubtless that new technology has affected both economical system and social and education system. People who plan the future education have to know where this technology inclines to and act considering this. Technology is a powerful mean to re form schools, increase students’ success and makes education effective. In the history of various country's cultures physical education has served people for differing purposes. Since the primitive ages, physical activities have played an important role in the society formally or informally. Physical activities have been needed for a number of reasons; such as, defense, environmental factors and continuing the lives. In some other situations, the most important motive for physical activity has been the longing for a more quality life. It was found that the use of technology in physical education programs increased the motivation to materials offered and learning. Physical education teachers have started to be enthusiastic n using the technology together with the potential of the internet in their class. The results of the studies showed that the use of technology in physical education as a teaching tool could be useful for both the teachers and the students. Technology offers the atmosphere which can provide students autonomous learning. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: New York Times Film Reviews , 1969 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: American Bookseller , 1980 |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Romancing the A-List Christopher Keane, 2008 Savvy writers know that the secret to selling your script is to write something that the bankable actors will want to make. Romancing the A-List focuses the screenwriter's attention on the only sure way of getting a movie made - the A-List actor. Book jacket. |
| christopher keane screenwriter: Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade William Froug, 1992 Unlocks the mysteries of commercially successful screen drama. |
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