How to Adapt Anything Into a Screenplay

Name: How to Adapt Anything Into a Screenplay
Brand: Wiley
SKU: 9780471225454-V
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By Richard Krevolin

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From concept to finished drafta nuts-and-bolts approach to adaptations Aspiring and established screenwriters everywhere, take note! This down-to-earth guide is the first to clearly articulate the craft of adaptation. Drawing on his own experience and on fourteen years of teaching, screenwriter Richard Krevolin presents his proven five-step process for adapting anythingfrom novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poemsinto a screenplay. Used by thousands of novelists, playwrights, poets, and journalists around the country, this cant-miss process features practical advice on how to break down a story into its essential components, as well as utilizes case studies of successful adaptations. Krevolin also provides an insiders view of working and surviving within the Hollywood systemcovering the legal issues, interviewing studio insiders on what they are looking for, and offering tips from established screenwriters who specialize in adaptations. - Outlines a series of stages that help you structure your story to fit the needs of a 120-page screenplay - Explains how to adapt anything for Hollywood, from a single sentence story idea all the way to a thousand-page novel - Advises on the tricky subject of just how faithful your adaptation should be - Features helpful hints from Hollywood bigwigsaward-winning television writer Larry Brody; screenwriter and script reader Henry Jones; screenwriter and author Robin Russin; screenwriter and author Simon Rose; and more

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Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

240

Release Date:

2003-02-27

Publication Date:

2003-03-13

Publisher:

Wiley

Languages:

Original: English

ISBN10:

0471225452

ISBN13:

9780471225454

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[email protected]

Weight:

393 g

Height:

152 cm

Width:

229 cm

Thickness:

14 cm

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