Screenwriting
- ISBN-10
- 0240805127
- ISBN-13
- 9780240805122
- Series
- Screenwriting
- Category
- Motion picture authorship
- Pages
- 184
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Focal Press
- Authors
- Declan McGrath, Felim MacDermott
Description
Offering insights into the creative processes involved in being a screenwriter, this volume provides first-hand accounts of the industry from a group of 13 screenwriters. Their experiences are illustrated with script excerpts, hand-written notes, storyboards, film stills, and photographs.
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