What is a screenplay?
An edition of Screenplay
(1979)
Screenplay
Expanded edition
by Syd Field
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One of the seminal and much respected texts in the field of screenwriting by one of the greats.
Screenplay has been revised and updated many times and it remains a number one bestseller on Amazon in 2016, years after it was first published. The book contains guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints elements essential to a screenplay and provides a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing a successful script.
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Screenplay: the foundations of screenwriting
1984, Dell
in English
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0440576474 9780440576471
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Screenplay: the foundations of screenwriting
1982, Delacorte Press
in English
- New expanded ed.
0440076579 9780440076575
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Screenplay: the foundations of screenwriting
1982, Delacorte Press
in English
- New expanded ed.
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