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Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R Summary
Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R
by Syd Field 1998 384 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Writing
Film
Media Tie In
Life Beyond Measure Summary
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
by Sidney Poitier 2009 308 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Story Structure Architect Summary
Story Structure Architect
by Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2005 288 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
The Matrix and Philosophy Summary
The Matrix and Philosophy
Welcome to the Desert of the Real
by William Irwin 2002 320 pages
3.9
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Film
Pop Culture
Scandals of Classic Hollywood Summary
Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
by Anne Helen Petersen 2014 320 pages
3.48
2k+ ratings
History
Film
Biography
The Art of Character Summary
The Art of Character
Creating Memorable Characters for Fiction, Film, and TV
by David Corbett 2013 383 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
Save the Cat! Summary
Save the Cat!
The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
by Blake Snyder 2005 215 pages
4.03
19k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Reference
Making a Good Script Great Summary
Making a Good Script Great
A Guide for Writing & Rewriting by Hollywood Script Consultant Linda Seger
by Linda Seger 2010 242 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Reference
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck Summary
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck
Advice to Make Any Amateur Look Like a Pro
by Steve Stockman 2011 248 pages
4.2
1k+ ratings
Film
Photography
Reference
Producer to Producer Summary
Producer to Producer
A Step-By-Step Guide to Low-Budgets Independent Film Producing
by Maureen Ryan 2010 350 pages
4.2
100+ ratings
Film
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream
by David Lynch 2018 592 pages
4.33
5k+ ratings
Biography
Film
Memoir
Screenplay Summary
Screenplay
The Foundations of Screenwriting
by Syd Field 2007 325 pages
3.99
8k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Reference
National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema
The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood
by Matthew Alford 2017 264 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Politics
Film
History
Now Write! Screenwriting Summary
Now Write! Screenwriting
Screenwriting Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
by Sherry Ellis 2010 367 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Film
Story Summary
Story
by Robert McKee 2010 490 pages
4.28
16k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Art
Directors Tell the Story Summary
Directors Tell the Story
Master the Craft of Television and Film Directing
by Bethany Rooney 2011 326 pages
4.38
50+ ratings
Film
Documentary Storytelling Summary
Documentary Storytelling
Creative Nonfiction on Screen
by Sheila Curran Bernard 2010 368 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Writing
Film
Academic
Star Wars and Philosophy Summary
Star Wars and Philosophy
More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
by Kevin S. Decker 2005 252 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Star Wars
Pop Culture
An Actor Prepares Summary
An Actor Prepares
by Constantin Stanislavski 2013 280 pages
4.09
4k+ ratings
Theatre
Film
Drama
Making Movies Summary
Making Movies
by Sidney Lumet 2010 242 pages
4.27
8k+ ratings
Film
Media Tie In
Art
The Sound of Music Story Summary
The Sound of Music Story
How A Beguiling Young Novice, A Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time
by Tom Santopietro 2015 336 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
History
Music
Biography
Role Models Summary
Role Models
by John Waters 2010 320 pages
4.06
8k+ ratings
Memoir
Essays
Humor
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman Summary
The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman
My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman, and Other Movie Heroes
by Vic Armstrong 2011 205 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Biography
Film
Memoir
Save the Cat! Strikes Back Summary
Save the Cat! Strikes Back
More Trouble for Screenwriters to Get Into… and Out Of
by Blake Snyder 2009 200 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture
The Fight for the Future of Movies
by Ben Fritz 2018 309 pages
4.02
2k+ ratings
Film
Business
Media Tie In
Intent to Live Summary
Intent to Live
by Larry Moss 2004 368 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Theatre
Film
Self Help
Screenwriting Is Filmmaking Summary
Screenwriting Is Filmmaking
The Theory and Practice of Writing for the Screen
by Brian Dunnigan 2019 168 pages
3.33
3+ ratings
Film
Save the Cat! Writes for TV Summary
Save the Cat! Writes for TV
The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You’ll Ever Need
by Jamie Nash 2021 272 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
Writing
Film
Research
The Writer's Journey - 25th Anniversary Edition Summary
The Writer's Journey - 25th Anniversary Edition
Mythic Structure for Writers
by Christopher Vogler 2020 510 pages
4.1
9k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Mythology
Girls on Film Summary
Girls on Film
Lessons from a Life of Watching Women in Movies
by Alicia Malone 2022 197 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Film
Feminism
Pop Culture
Directing Actors Summary
Directing Actors
Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television
by Judith Weston 2021 438 pages
4.34
1k+ ratings
Film
Theatre
Writing
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters Summary
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters
Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
by Michael Tierno 2012 193 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Writing
Film
Philosophy
Into the Woods Summary
Into the Woods
A Five Act Journey Into Story
by John Yorke 2013 256 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
Writing
Film
Crafts
You Are What You Watch Summary
You Are What You Watch
by Walter Hickey 2023 240 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Psychology
Pop Culture
Sociology
DisneyWar Summary
DisneyWar
by James B. Stewart
4.1
7k+ ratings
Business
History
Biography
What's It All About Summary
What's It All About
by Michael Caine 1993 466 pages
4.07
1k+ ratings
Biography
Autobiography
Memoir
Catching the Big Fish Summary
Catching the Big Fish
Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
by David Lynch 2006 192 pages
3.71
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Film
Art
Harpo Speaks! Summary
Harpo Speaks!
by Harpo Marx 2004 482 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Biography
Humor
Film
زندگینامه چارلی چاپلین Summary
زندگینامه چارلی چاپلین
by Charlie Chaplin
4.02
7k+ ratings
Biography
Film
Autobiography
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