motion picture authorship

Aspiring screenwriter Harry is determined to finish his script for an upcoming competition, but finds himself distracted by the return of his first love, Grant, who reveals a secret that could change everything.

"Through interviews with world-renowned UCLA screenwriting professor Lew Hunter, Oscar-winning screenwriters and multiple award-winners reveal their Hollywood secrets in crafting brilliant stories and methodology. Interviewees include Francis Ford Coppola, William Golden, Alexander Payne, Ernest Lehman, Horton Foote and Billy Wilde"--.

"A book for high school students about the discipline of screenwriting for television and film"--Provided by publisher.

A successful Hollywood screenwriter provides practical guidance for making one's script marketable, covering such topics as genres, loglines, "laws of screenplay physics," script repair, and other topics.

Offers writers advice and inspiration to help them write a great screenplay, teleplay, or novel, with tips on creating memorable heroes, villains, and storylines.

Oscar-winning screenwriter Marc Norman provides a comprehensive history of screenwriting in Hollywood, discussing the Production Code of 1930, the entertainment industry blacklist of the 1950s, the rise of the writer-director in the early 1970s, the famous men and women who have made a name for themselves in the business, and more.

Examines contemporary screenplay writing and craft, through interviews with writers, on twenty-five different films, including "Gladiator" and "Lost in Translation," discussing the process from drawing board to filming, and exposing how a film succeeds or fails.

Discusses the different aspects of screenwriting, including developing an idea, completing the script, finding an agent, and working with a production company.