You can write a movie

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• Pamela Wallace

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• Scrittura

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Using her insider knowledge, Oscar-winning screenwriter Pamela Wallace guides hopeful writers on crafting feature-length screenplays. The book offers extensive insights into both the art of screenwriting and the film industry, covering essential topics such as generating and refining ideas, and understanding industry realities. Key elements of the craft are explored, including writing synopses and treatments, developing plots, characters, scenes, dialogue, and themes. Additionally, readers will learn how to effectively pitch their screenplays to agents and producers. Beginners will find the step-by-step approach helpful, while experienced writers will appreciate Wallace's insider perspective. Her positive and encouraging instruction inspires all readers. Wallace won the Oscar for Best Screenplay for her debut feature, "Witness," and has received the Writer's Guild Award and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She has penned several films, including the acclaimed HBO feature "If These Walls Could Talk," and is actively involved in writing and producing various movie projects, including one for Hallmark Hall of Fame. With over twenty novels translated into more than a dozen languages, she has also taught screenwriting seminars and resides in Los Angeles.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2000

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