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Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect Description: The only screenwriting book that includes a DVD that contains performances of the short films and screenplays that are featured in the book!The beauty and power of any story lies in its ability to connect to the reader, listener, or observer. Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect is the first screenwriting guide to introduce connection as an essential, although essentially overlooked, aspect of creating stories for the screen and of the screenwriting process itself. Written with clarity and humor, this book teaches the craft of writing short screenplays by guiding the student through carefully focused writing exercises of increasing length and complexity. Eight award-winning student screenplays are included for illustration and inspiration.The text is divided into three parts. Part one focuses on preparing to write by means of exercises designed to help students think more deeply about the screenwriter`s purposes; their own unique vision, material and process; and finally about what screenplays are at their simplest and most profound levela pattern of human change, created from specific moments of changediscoveries and decisions. Part two teaches students how to craft an effective pattern of human change. It guides them through the writing and re-writing of Five (Not So Easy) Piecesfive short screenplays of increasing length and complexityfocusing on a specific principle of dramatic technique: The Discovery, The Decision, The Boxing Match, The Improbable Connection, and The Long Short Screenplay. Part Three presents the five screenplays used throughout the book to illustrate the dramatic principles that have been discussed, and includes interviews with the screenwriters, a look at where they are now and what they are doing, and brief discussion of how each film evolved. Groundbreaking book that stresses human connection as the basis of a good screenplaynot conflict The only screenwriting book that includes a DV... Read More about the "Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Dark Angels: How Writing Releases Creativity At Work Description: By developing creativity in everyday language and words, this writing guide helps businesses and business professionals strengthen their goals and generate fresh ideas. Suggestions for e-mails, reports, letters, memos, and proposals show how company communications can be clearer and arguments more effective with a few inspired changes. By allowing their inner dark angels to spread their creative wings, business professionals can learn how to better engage with, and connect to, their audience with stories and emotion rather than cold analysis.... Read More about the "Dark Angels: How Writing Releases Creativity At Work" on the The Nile Book Store Website

BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN
Global Scriptwriting Description: Global Scriptwriting offers a look at an exciting new phase in screen storytelling, as writers and directors from all over the world infuse traditional forms with their own cultural values to create stories that have an international appeal and suggest a universality among readers, viewers, and listeners. A unique blend of screenwriting technique and film studies, Global Scriptwriting discusses screen stories as they have evolved through the years, focusing first on the basics of scriptwriting, then going on to afford a more sophisticated look at script via different models of scriptwriting: the Hollywood model, the independent model, the national model, and various alternative models. It examines the internationalization of storytelling, and illustrates how particular innovations have helped national screen stories to international success. This book is the first to incorporate the basics of the classical form with the innovative edge of the last decade, as well the culture specific changes that have taken place outside of North America. It offers readers a view of the enriched repertoire available to writers resulting from the introduction of cultural perspectives into traditional story forms. Specific topics examined include, the ascent of voice, the search for new forms, the struggle between style and content, and the centrality of megagenre.Includes numerous case studies and examplesFocuses on how adaptation, innovation, and cultural values combine to create internationally successful stories... Read More about the "Global Scriptwriting" on the The Nile Book Store Website

University of New Mexico Press
Practical Spoken Spanish Description: Stresses pronunciation, vocabulary building, and usable idioms and sentences; appropriate for self-instruction.... Read More about the "Practical Spoken Spanish" on the The Nile Book Store Website

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Presentation Skills For Students Description: The ability to speak clearly, fluently and persuasively is essential to students in all courses of study. This text discusses a wide range of speaking occasions, such as giving a seminar or a project presentation.... Read More about the "Presentation Skills For Students" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Script Analysis For Actors, Director And Designers Description: Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers applies directly to the experience of theatrical production; students will immediately be able to relate the concepts and procedures they learn to their artistic work. The author`s procedural method is detailed and precise. The parts of a play are learned progressively, which fosters an understanding of the concept of artistic unity. Examples are clear and comprehensive. Actors, directors, and designers will benefit from end-of-chapter questions and summaries meant to stimulate their creative process as they engage in production work. Postscripts for Action Analysis in each chapter help students understand the main ideas or topics of the chapter so that they can mentally incorporate the details into the principles of Action Analysis newly added to the book. Examples from wide selection of historical and modern plays, including Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, Tartuffe, The Wild Duck, The Hairy Ape, A Raisin in the Sun, and Happy Days and Angels in America New typographical features help to make the text easier to read, separate dramatic dialogue from textbook material, and help students focus on new words and information.... Read More about the "Script Analysis For Actors, Director And Designers" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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Writing Well: Complete Idiot`s Guide Description: If you have trouble putting your thoughts down on paper, The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Writing Well has everything you need to know to make writing of any kind as easy as thinking or speaking. This guide gives expert advice on making your writing as clear and persuasive as possible, whether it`s a thank-you note, a school paper, or an executive briefing. It provides easy-to-follow guidelines on structure, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, and style. You will find terrific tips on minimizing the time and energy taken up by tasks like research, note-taking, and proofreading.... Read More about the "Writing Well: Complete Idiot`s Guide" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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