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Screenwriting

Screencraft Series

  • 1st Edition - April 1, 2000
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Declan McGrath, Felim MacDermott
  • Language: English

The 13 screenwriters gathered together in this book are world-class storytellers, whose skill at delineating plot and capturing character make them internationally renowned and… Read more

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Description

The 13 screenwriters gathered together in this book are world-class storytellers, whose skill at delineating plot and capturing character make them internationally renowned and respected.

The contributors speak directly to the reader, allowing a rare insight into the creative process of the screenwriter.

The interviews are illustrated with script excerpts, hand-written notes, storyboards, film stills, and photographs from the screenwriters' own personal collections.

Film-making is all about telling stories. While the director is the person responsible for pulling all the aspects of film-making together, the screenwriter creates the backbone of the film; suggesting location, forming and sustaining plot and devising and building character.
The screenwriters in this book come from the US, Ireland, Poland, Italy, Japan, France, Germany, and Canada.

Key features

In-dept interviews with world-renown screenwriters about the craft
Full-color, oversized book with 450 color photographs
A show and tell of how words on the page transform into action on film

Readership

Screenwriters, writers, film directors & editors ; Students; film enthusiasts; amateur filmmakers & screenwriters

Table of contents

Introduction
Paul Schrader: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, American Gigolo..
George Axelrod: The Seven Year Itch, The Manchurian Candidate..
Steven Zailian: The Falcon and the Snowman, Schindler's List...
Jim Sheridan: My Left Foot, The Field...
William Goldman: All the President's Men, The Princess Bride...
Jean-Claude Carriere: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Belle de Jour..
Kaneto Shindo: Will to Live, A Last Note..
Andrew Stanton: Monsters, Inc., A Bug's Life...

And more...
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Robert Towne
Suso D'Amico
Atom Egoyan
Picture Credits
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 14, 2003
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Declan McGrath

Declan McGrath served as Assistant Editor on such films as Dancing at Lughnasa, Brassed Off, Michael Collins and The Snapper. Since 1992 he has worked as a freelance editor on a number of short dramas and documentaries for Channel 4, the BBC and Italian television.
Affiliations and expertise
Film editor and co-director of Aisling Productions

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Felim MacDermott

Affiliations and expertise
Film editor and author of "Editing & Post-production" (part of the Screencraft series)