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020 $a9781439186756 (hbk.)
020 $a1439186758 (hbk.)
020 $a9781439186763 (pbk.) :$cUSD17.00$
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100 1 $aGarant, Robert Ben,$d1970-
245 10$aWriting movies for fun and profit! :$bhow we made a billion dollars at the box office and you can, too! /$cRobert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon ; foreword by John Hamburg.
246 30$aHow we made a billion dollars at the box office and you can, too!
250 $a1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTouchstone,$c2012, c2011.
300 $axiii, 322 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $a"A Touchstone book."
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aSelling Your Movie. Getting started in Hollywood ; Why isn't anyone buying my brilliant script? ; How to pitch your movie ; Joining the Writers Guild of America, West -- I sold it! now what happens? ; Idiot check ; Coverage! or, How a kid getting college credit can make or break your movie! ; Have I made it yet? ; They love my script!...and I got fired? ; Why does almost every studio movie suck donkey balls? ; The art of nodding, or, How to take notes ; Directors ; Producers ; Herbie: Fully Loaded ; Redlighting, or, How to get your movie un-greenlit! ; Turnaround ; How to pimp your movie ; Naysayers ; The silver lining ; Our lunch with Jackie Chan ; Credit$ ; Living in Los Angeles -- Writing a Screenplay. If your screenplay doesn't have this structure, it won't sell, or, Robert McKee can suck it ; In a few pages, we'll teach you how to formulate characters in a script ; How to write a screenplay ; Writing action and description ; Advice for writing with a partner ; Rewrites: you want it when? and I'm getting paid what? ; Martin Lawrence has a few thoughts, or, How to take notes from a movie star ; Arbitration, or, Who wrote this crap? ; Sequels ; Getting the book rights ; I'm drinking too much. is that a problem? ; Final thoughts -- Sample outlines.
520 $aA guide to screenwriting by two authors who have actually done it, full of secret insider information about how to conquer the Hollywood studio system: how to write, pitch, structure, and get drunk with the best and most successful of them. If you are aiming to win an Oscar, this is not the book for you! But if you can type a little, and can read and speak English, then you too can start turning your words into money. The authors provide the kind of tips you won't find anywhere else, including: the art of pitching; getting your foot in the door; taking notes from movie stars; how to get fired and rehired ; how to get credit and royalties.--From ppublisher description.
650 0$aMotion picture authorship.
700 1 $aLennon, Thomas,$d1970-