For almost twenty-five years, aspiring screenwriters have turned to guru Syd Field for clear and insightful step-by-step guidelines on the art and craft of writing screenplays. Now, with a totally new, up-to-date perspective on today's film industry, Syd Field again proves why he is revered as a master - and why SCREENPLAY remains the bible of the film industry. From inception through completion, from opening scene to finished script, here is a sourcebook designed to help today's aspiring screenwriters turn their ideas into scripts that will sell and succeed on the screen tomorrow.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
A complete guide...:
to the fundamentals of screen writing. The writer lays out the necessary formula needed to craft a script. He nicely spares you the hyper technical and all details desperate writers of ''how to'',love to fill in; leaving you more confused and less inspired then when you began. I recommend wholly.
A disappointment:
Two years ago I was so anxious to read this "most sought after" screenwriting book I could hardly sleep until the Amazon courier knocked on my door. My God... What a disappointment. This book turned out to be the worst book on screnwriting I had ever read (and I read quite a few being a UCLA film student). Is the author seriously suggesting that, for example, plot point 1 MUST happen on a certain page??? That every 10 pages we MUST have a car chase, an explosion, a death - anything to keep the audience... more info
Essential Reading for Screenwriters:
Some people are able to do creative things inherently, others are not. For those who are not naturally capable of writing screenplays, those who can't quite wrap their heads around what goes into a screenplay or how to even begin writing, then this is the book for you. If you're serious about learning how to become a screenwriter and don't quite know where to begin this book is the perfect start. Field lays out everything from the beginning of finding an idea of what to write, to turning that idea into a... more info
I'm Ready for Hollywood:
Syd Field's guide to writing screenplays was so useful to me during my screenplay writing class in college, that I recommended a good friend of mine who expressed an interest in starting screenwriting, that she should buy her own book, since I was not giving up mine! Good job, Mr. Field.
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