993円 Joe Eszterhas has written some of Hollywood's biggest hits 'Basic Instinct'; 'Flashdance' and walked away with some of the largest writing cheques in the industry's history. In 'The Devil s Guide to Hollywood' he reveals everything he knows about the movies the players, the personalities, the leg...

699円 Learn to Write Compelling Characters from Heroes to Villains and Everyone Else Bestselling authors know you must create amazing characters to hook readers. You can have the greatest plot in the world, but without equally great characters, readers won't care. And it's not enough to have a great he...

699円 Learn to Write Compelling Monsters, Maniacs, Aliens, and Fantasy Creatures Bestselling authors know you must Create Incredible Monsters and Maniacs to hook readers. You can have the greatest plot in the world, but without equally great monsters and maniacs, readers won't care. This book teaches y...

9,285円 The second edition of this elegant and accessible primer offers a helpful reference and resource for directing actors in film, television, and theatre, useful to directors, actors, and writers. Combining underlying theory with dozens of exercises designed to reveal the actor's craft, Lenore DeKov...

993円 It has been said that breaking into Hollywood can be like climbing a mountain of sand. According to many, nepotism is rampant and the door through which newcomers hope to gain entry has remained firmly closed. While this may have been true in the past, Hollywood has made major efforts and strides...

999円 Struggling to start your story or lost in the middle? You need a Story Pitch. A standard pitch is meant for marketing and selling, but a Story Pitch is a powerful tool meant to be used when pre-writing and writing. It can help you jumpstart your novel, screenplay, comic, or whatever type of story...

699円 An intimate peek into the process of writing a screenplay, from A to Z, with nothing held back. Based on actual class lectures and assignments, Finish the Script! offers an inside look into the screenwriting process as it's author writes a screenplay from scratch along with the reader. By taking ...

6,928円 This is the first book to critically examine the recruitment and working practices of screenwriters. Drawing on interviews with screenwriters and those that employ them, Natalie Wreyford provides a deep and detailed understanding of entrenched gender inequality in the UK film industry and answers...

3,236円 "This does indeed deserve comparisons with Blackadder" Radio Times "A knockabout, well-researched take on the working and domestic life of Shakespeare." The Guardian It’s the 1590s. William Shakespeare – brought to life on screen by the inimitable David Mitchell – is at the start of his career. B...

9,616円 The analysis of scenic design in film and television is often neglected, with visual design elements relegated to part of the mise-en-scène in cinema or simply as "wallpaper" in television. Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design positions itself from the audience perspective to explore how...

9,119円 A great deal of storytelling in film and television involves narratives that include sexual situations and nudity. The increased amount of on-line and streaming content outlets has in turn increased the number of narratives that involve these once-taboo subjects. Often, even though directors and ...

7,292円 This book philosophically and creatively examines ways in which independent filmmakers may explore, through practice, the discovery and development of a personal voice in the making of their films. Filmmaker and academic, Professor Erik Knudsen, uses a combination of autoethnographic experience d...