Title: Crafting Short Screenplays That Connect, Third Edition
Category: ScreenPlay Writing, Short ScreenPlays
Author: Claudia H. Johnson
ISBN-13 number: 9780240812144
Binding: Paperback
No. of Pages: 352
Publisher: Focal Press
Publication date: 31/08/09
Dimensions: 6"x9" (15x23cm)
Description:
Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect introduces the essential element of 'human connection' - the ability to 'touch' the reader or observer - to the screenwriting and story creation process for short films. Claudia Hunter Johnson teaches the craft of short screenplay writing by guiding you through carefully focused writing exercises of increasing length and complexity. You will learn how to think more deeply about the screenwriter's purposes, craft an effective pattern of human change, and hone your vision and process for your short screenplays.
Features:
- Groundbreaking book that stresses human connection as the basis of a good screenplay-not conflict
- Includes a website with short films of the screenplays which are analyzed in the book & ample exercises for practice and inspiration
- Recommended by the American Film Institute!
Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Power and Importance of Human Connection
Part I: Preparing to Write the Short Screenplay
Chapter 1: Connecting to Purpose
Chapter 2: Connecting to Self
Chapter 3: Connecting to Process
Chapter 4: Connecting to Screenplays
Chapter 5: Connecting to Collaboration
Part II: Five (Not So) Easy Screenplays
Chapter 6: The Discovery
Chapter 7: The Decision
Chapter 8: The Boxing Match
Chapter 9: The Improbable Connection
Chapter 10: The Long Short Screenplay
Part III: Seven Screenplays that Make it Look Easy
Chapter 11: Kosher (by Aimee Barth)
Chapter 12: My Josephine (by Barry Jenkins)
Chapter 13: A Work in Progress (by Wes Ball)
Chapter 14: Lena's Spaghetti (by Rachel Witenstein)
Chapter 15: Cool Breeze and Buzz (by Lani Sciandra)
Chapter 16: The Making of "Killer Kite" (story Matt Stevens, screenplay by Robert S. Gray)
Chapter 17: Slow Dancin' Down the Aisles of the Quickcheck (by Thomas Wade Jackson); Chapter 18: Conclusion; Appendix A: Available Screenwriting Software
Appendix B: Films Referenced
Appendix C: Further Reading
Index
