Screenwriting

by Kevin Alexander Boon, Mark J. Charney, Mark Eaton, et al.

Screenwriters often joke that "no one ever paid a dollar at a movie theater to watch a screenplay." Yet the screenplay is where a movie begins, determining whether a production gets the "green light" from its financial backers and wins approval from its audience. This innovative volume gives readers a comprehensive portrait of the art and business of screenwriting, while showing how the role of the screenwriter has evolved over the years. Reaching...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813563402
• ISBN13: 9780813563404
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher