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The Screenwriter's Problem Solver Summary
The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems
by Syd Field 1998 384 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Writing
Film
Media Tie In
The Matrix and Philosophy Summary
The Matrix and Philosophy
Welcome to the Desert of the Real (Popular Culture and Philosophy, 3)
by William Irwin 2002 320 pages
3.9
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Film
Pop Culture
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
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
Story Summary
Story
Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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, 3rd Edition
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 (Popular Culture and Philosophy Book 12)
by Kevin S. Decker 2005 252 pages
4.04
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Star Wars
Pop Culture
An Actor Prepares (Bloomsbury Revelations) Summary
An Actor Prepares (Bloomsbury Revelations)
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 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 Intent to Live Summary
The Intent to Live
Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor
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
Directing Actors - 25th Anniversary Edition Summary
Directing Actors - 25th Anniversary Edition
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
How Movies and TV Affect Everything
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! (Limelight) Summary
Harpo Speaks! (Limelight)
by Harpo Marx 2004 482 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Biography
Humor
Film
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