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Publication Date: 12 January 2012
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Extent: 256 pp
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ISBN: 9781842435014
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SHORT FILMS: WRITING THE SCREENPLAY
Patrick Nash
Every award-winning short film begins life with a clever idea, a good story and a screenplay. Patrick Nash analyses the process of writing short film screenplays and gives advice on:
- Story and structure
- Ideas generation
- Plot and pace
- Screenplay format
- Dos and don'ts
- Eliciting emotion
- Dialogue and subtext
- Character design
- Protagonists and antagonists
- Character motivation and goals
- Conflict, obstacles and stakes
- Clich�s and Stereotypes
- Beginnings, middles and ends
- Hooking the viewer
- Screenplay competitions
- Loglines, outlines and synopses
- Rewriting and length
- Practicalities and budgets
The book also includes a number of award-winning scripts and interviews, advice and contributions from their award-winning screenwriters and a discussion of the benefits to writers of writing short screenplays.
PRESS REVIEWS FOR Short Films: Writing the Screenplay
'I would definitely recommend this book . . . (it is) a very thorough look at all aspects of being a writer of short scripts'
- Michelle Goode , Writesofluid
'Straight talking tome bursting with practical advice'
- Total Film
4* - Screenwriting handbooks are usually so full of BS, you can't see the wood for the self-actualisation exercises. Refreshing, then, that Patrick Nash's straight talking tome bursts with practical advice, with a ruthless rundown of short film cliches
'A helpful book for anyone interested in screenwriting'
- Tom Farr, Tom Farr Reviews