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The Dialogue: Learning From The Masters - Nia Vardalos - Download |
"I think the lesson in everything that happened to me is don't listen to the odds, don't listen to the naysayers. Don't listen that the odds of you getting hit by lighting or getting kidnapped are greater than having your screenplay done. If you have a story to tell, just write it. - Nia Vardalos Nia Vardalos took her one-woman play about the pitfalls of interracial marriage and turned it into her noteworthy debut screenplay for My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The film was a tremendous hit, becoming the highest-grossing independent feature and made Vardalos an overnight success, earning her nominations for Best Original Screenplay WGA and Academy Awards. The Canada native also wrote and starred in the 2004 comedy Connie and Carla and is currently penning an adaptation to the Laura Zigman novel Piece of Work. In this candid and whimsical interview, she talks about how her experiences in the Second City comedy troupe helped her as an actress and a screenwriter, and how the unofficial tell-th"
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The Essential Elements That Make A Screenplay Sell - Ondemand Edition |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR Whether you ™re writing an independent film that you plan to shoot yourself or a commercial project that you hope to sell to Hollywood, you must not only master the screenwriting craft, but anticipate and understand what film executives, directors, and producers require, if not demand, of a screenplay. This live webinar will offer the essential tools to get your words from the page onto the silver screen. During this webinar, Susan Kouguell, will offer specific strategies for strengthening each element of your script "" from genre to dialogue, character and plot development, action paragraphs and visual storytelling, scene pacing and solid structure, your questions will be answered. Advice will also cover, understanding both the film executive ™s and audience ™s expectations without compromising your creativity and vision. Susan Kouguell brings to this class a unique perspective; this includes working in various capacities in the film indust"
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"Rewrite: A Step-By-Step Guide To Strengthening Structure, Characters," |
" �Writing is rewriting � is the mantra of every successful screenwriter. Professionals know that the rewriting process is what separates the money-makers from the wanna-bes. If you're writing a spec, you don't want to show it to anyone until it's in the best condition it could possibly be. The good news is that here, for the first time, is a practical, step-by-step guide to the most efficient and economical way to rewrite. From neophyte dabbler to award-winning scribe, anyone can use this book to help bring their screenplays to the next level. Why attack this most important of writing phases alone? Pick up Rewrite and learn how to polish your screenplay arc by arc from an experienced and trusted mentor."
Price: 22.95

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How To Sell Your Screenplay In 30 Days - E-Book Edition (Pdf) |
"Completed a screenplay and wondering what to do next? You need a plan, a marketing plan! Written by Screenwriting Coach & NYU Professor Marilyn Horowitz, and film business & marketing consultant Paula Landry, MBA; Sell Your Screenplay in 30 Days teaches you how to sell your screenplay using new media & traditional means. This interactive workbook offers tips and tricks as well as step-by-step instructions for writers & writer/directors to market and sell their work in a systematic and fun way. Join us and get your work sold!"
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Inside The Tv Drama: Writing The Best Shows On Television - Ondemand |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR The reason why they ™re calling our era of television the new �Golden Age � of the medium is because of the sheer amount of great shows airing across several different networks and platforms. Shows like Mad Men, Breaking Bad, House of Cards and Game of Thrones demonstrate some of the best screenwriting today, on the big or the small screen. The talented writers of these shows build sprawling worlds, juggle large ensembles, inspire cinematic production values, and develop compelling anti-heroes ""all while advancing a 10, 13 or 23 episode season with heart-tugging cliffhangers and brilliant story engines galore. Serialized storytelling is a different animal than feature screenwriting, which is why Daniel Calvisi, creator of the Story Maps system, adapted his method to break down and analyze the one hour drama series. He will take you on an exploration and dissection of many great shows, using examples from The Sopranos, Homeland, Dexter, The Bridge, The Ame"
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Breaking Story Effectively: Creating The Elements You Need To Write |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR Structure is just about everything in a screenplay. Your story outline is the blueprint for your movie. Therefore, it ™s crucial that your outline is solid. Producers and story executives may labor over an outline for months before they �allow � the writer to go off and write a draft. As you work on your original screenplay, you may have to assume the role of all those other people in the room. It is up to you to make sure you are absolutely ready to write a solid draft. Having a systematic and thorough approach to assessing story outlines can save time in the actual writing process and be a creative adventure. WHAT YOU ™LL LEARN: How to carefully envision the movie in your story outline (beat sheet) A system to ensure you are covering all fundamental elements in your script The 15 most important questions to ask yourself about the story outline How to quickly (and effectively) revise and strengthen your beat sheet WHO SHOULD LISTEN? Beginn"
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Sell Your Screenplay In 30 Days Using New Media - Ondemand Edition |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR We writers are not our best promoters. In today's competitive marketplace, we must be our own agents/producers until we get one. So how do you sell a screenplay? You need a plan, a marketing plan! This interactive webinar, based on the book Sell Your Screenplay in 30 Days Using New Media by New York University screenwriting professor, Marilyn Horowitz, and film business & marketing consultant Paula Landry, teaches step-by-step instructions to sell your screenplay using new media and traditional means. WHAT YOU ™LL LEARN: How to create the key tools you need to sell your screenplay What steps to take and in what order How to keep momentum in the marketing process Key tricks to make the marketing process fun and engaging WHO SHOULD LISTEN? Anyone who has written a script Anyone who wants to learn 21st century social media Anyone who has not yet sold a script Writer-Producers looking for financing Agents and Managers seeking to help their cli"
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"How To Ace A Meeting With An Executive, Producer, Or Agent - Ondemand" |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR: Believe it or not, every interaction is a �meeting. � This includes the follow-up call, the formal pitch meeting, the elevator pitch, and the networking event. Most of us are dying to present ourselves professionally and effectively, yet we ™re nervous, inexperienced, or intimidated. We feel that �schmoozing � is something we ™re bad at or that it ™s inauthentic, even a little slimy. Fortunately there are tools you can use to ace the meeting, connect with your conversation partner, and present yourself powerfully, authentically, and genuinely every time! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: The four stages of a successful meeting How these four stages scale from a 5 minute phone call to an hour-long pitch meeting How to effectively �close � a meeting and move the relationship or negotiation forward The biggest mistake people make in meetings The �Open Sesame � of meetings How to �sell yourself � authentically and powerfully How to ask t"
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Desktop Poet - Download Edition For Windows |
"Let your mind and imagination run wild! Whether, poet, novelist, playwright, educator, student or a person with a little time on your hands, Desktop Poet puts hundreds of words right at your fingertips. Move them around to create your poems, prose or to brainstorm. The tiles become a visual embodiment of the English language, freeing you to let your mind travel through uncharted territory. You can increase the available vocabulary and decrease the number of tiles. A single tile can have multiple word variations. Highlight the word, click escape and, for example, picture becomes: pictures, picturing, pictured. Need more? Set backgrounds, colors and more, making Desktop Poet a creative wonder world. Create your own word tile and add to the active word list. Choose an image from your hard drive and add to the active word list. You can even download alternative word lists from the Mariner web site Minimum System Requirements Mac Mac OS 10.6 or higher Minimum System Requirements "
Price: 19.95

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Desktop Poet - Boxed Edition For Macintosh |
"Let your mind and imagination run wild! Whether, poet, novelist, playwright, educator, student or a person with a little time on your hands, Desktop Poet puts hundreds of words right at your fingertips. Move them around to create your poems, prose or to brainstorm. The tiles become a visual embodiment of the English language, freeing you to let your mind travel through uncharted territory. You can increase the available vocabulary and decrease the number of tiles. A single tile can have multiple word variations. Highlight the word, click escape and, for example, picture becomes: pictures, picturing, pictured. Need more? Set backgrounds, colors and more, making Desktop Poet a creative wonder world. Create your own word tile and add to the active word list. Choose an image from your hard drive and add to the active word list. You can even download alternative word lists from the Mariner web site Minimum System Requirements Mac Mac OS 10.6 or higher Minimum System Requirements "
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Make Your Story Really Stinkin' Big - Softcover Edition |
"A creative, yet straightforward manual on how to take one concept and turn it into a franchise that will last generations. Houston Howard ™s �360 Story Weaving Process � is revealed with step-by-step instructions on how to best intersect entertainment, marketing, and technology"
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Desktop Poet - Download Edition For Macintosh |
"Let your mind and imagination run wild! Whether, poet, novelist, playwright, educator, student or a person with a little time on your hands, Desktop Poet puts hundreds of words right at your fingertips. Move them around to create your poems, prose or to brainstorm. The tiles become a visual embodiment of the English language, freeing you to let your mind travel through uncharted territory. You can increase the available vocabulary and decrease the number of tiles. A single tile can have multiple word variations. Highlight the word, click escape and, for example, picture becomes: pictures, picturing, pictured. Need more? Set backgrounds, colors and more, making Desktop Poet a creative wonder world. Create your own word tile and add to the active word list. Choose an image from your hard drive and add to the active word list. You can even download alternative word lists from the Mariner web site Minimum System Requirements Mac Mac OS 10.6 or higher Minimum System Requirements "
Price: 19.95

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Attract A-List Talent: Writing For The Top Actors In The Industry - |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR Actors Get Movies Made. If you want to sell your script, you ™ve got to do more than just craft a great story. If you ™re going to get your movie made, you ™re going to need major star power behind it. Being successful as a writer means learning to write the kinds of characters that can make an A-list actor salivate, from the very first page. Discover What The Best Actors Are Looking For. In this groundbreaking webinar with Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger, you ™ll learn what it takes to create the kind of characters that the best actors are looking for. You ™ll discover what actors are really searching for in a character, what an A-List actor is looking for when they read a script, and how you can use these expectations to your advantage. Craft the kinds of characters, dialogue and images that grab an actor and won ™t let go! Take Advantage Of Your Make or Break Moment. A-list actors are making a decision about a "
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Scriptxpert Tv Pilot Kit Development Notes - Tv Pilot Kit Development |
"Finished up your TV Pilot Kit? Then it ™s time to get professional guidance on your TV Pilot Proposal from a pro! With our TV Pilot Kit Development Notes, you get written feedback from an expert on your completed TV Pilot Kit. Your Scriptwriting Mentor will review your work, and offer up detailed analysis on your proposal ™s viability, which is that the delicate balance of set-up, payoff, and ongoing plot lines and character arcs. Your Scriptwriting Mentor will also ensure you ™ve fully understood each question from the TV Pilot Kit, and why each element you ™ve answered is essential for creating a television series with the ability to sustain for years to come. Every element is covered in depth, from initial idea to the character web, to pinning down the first season arc and even thinking about the entire series ™ arc. Plus, since viewers (and therefore, producers) care about the characters most of all, you ™ll receive useable advice for cr"
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The Storymatic - Kids Edition |
"Whether you are a teenager or an established author, whether you write short stories, novels, plays, or screenplays, The Storymatic can help you generate new material. Before you draw any cards, give yourself a time limit--say, 30 minutes or one hour. Begin writing as soon as you draw your cards. You do not need a computer to do this; all you need is a pencil and a piece of paper (or a tape recorder). Do not think. Do not edit yourself. Say yes to everything. Let your imagination go wherever it wants to go, and let yourself just go along for the ride. Nobody--nobody--writes a perfect first draft. So don't get hung up trying to do that. Your goal is to get a story down on the page where you can see it and start to shape it. No wires. No screens. No batteries. Just pick a few of the cards and watch a story take shape before your eyes. How you tell it is up to you. Write it, draw it, act it, sing it! Storymatic Kids content is appropriate for children (ages 5 and up). Play by yoursel"
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Desktop Poet - Boxed Edition For Windows |
"Let your mind and imagination run wild! Whether, poet, novelist, playwright, educator, student or a person with a little time on your hands, Desktop Poet puts hundreds of words right at your fingertips. Move them around to create your poems, prose or to brainstorm. The tiles become a visual embodiment of the English language, freeing you to let your mind travel through uncharted territory. You can increase the available vocabulary and decrease the number of tiles. A single tile can have multiple word variations. Highlight the word, click escape and, for example, picture becomes: pictures, picturing, pictured. Need more? Set backgrounds, colors and more, making Desktop Poet a creative wonder world. Create your own word tile and add to the active word list. Choose an image from your hard drive and add to the active word list. You can even download alternative word lists from the Mariner web site Minimum System Requirements Mac Mac OS 10.6 or higher Minimum System Requirements "
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Show Me The Love - Volume 1 - Spiral Bound |
"Show Me the Love! offers content creators of all genres, styles, and media a rich resource, new ideas, and a comprehensive, practical guide to using the dynamic and dramatic power of love in all their stories. Understanding the deeper drives that affect how we act, react, and understand will give you better tools with which to create and motivate your characters and stories along their transformational arc. Readers and viewers of all types of media may also find this information will enhance their understanding and enjoyment. Writers, Directors, Actors, Composer, and many others in the creative world can strengthen their stories and ideas from better understanding one of the most important core emotions: LOVE!"
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Writing For Animation: The Insider ™S Guide To The Art And Craft - |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR Animation is a multibillion-dollar business, bigger than ever before. Even with this growth, animation has managed to hold onto its essential wonderment, the ability to transport viewers of all ages like no other popular-art form. But these unique rewards demand unique requirements, rules and responsibilities of the writer, and present unique pitfalls. Roger S. H. Schulman has written for virtually every type of animation, from big budget international movies to DVD sequels to TV cartoons. During this live webinar he ™ll reveal the bones of good animation writing. He ™ll share the secrets of the best way to pitch your ideas, maximize the chances of getting your words onto the screen, and collaborate with artists, directors, and producers. WHAT YOU ™LL LEARN: The keys to making your ideas work for animation Creating characters that come to life before they ™re drawn The most common mistakes in animation writing and how to avoid the"
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The Four Magic Questions Of Screenwriting - Ondemand Edition |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR Whether you've just decided that becoming a writer is your calling, or you've already begun the process and want to blow past your competition, you will easily learn the key to structuring your screenplay efficiently and effectively. The Four Magic Questions of Screenwriting are just that: Magic. Use the questions to lead you intuitively to the answers that will make your story structure perfect without becoming formulaic. By streamlining your thoughts and opening new possibilities, your script will become both expanded and refined. Your writing will shine. The book is available on Professor Horowitz ™s website, The Writers Store, or Amazon. WHAT YOU ™LL LEARN: What the four magic questions are What steps to take and in what order to structure your screenplay How to keep the plot original Key tricks to make your characters fun and engaging WHO SHOULD LISTEN? First time writers Screenwriters who want to write better Seasoned writers looking"
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"Transmedia "" Producing A Web Tv Series - Ondemand Edition" |
"ABOUT THE WEBINAR Shooting and distributing a micro-budget web TV series is one of the best ways to introduce your story to the market for the first time, build an audience, generate buzz, and ultimately attract the attention of Hollywood producers. Whether you are looking to make a splash in TV or film, this is a way to make a name for yourself and prove your writing abilities to an unlimited audience. In this exploration of low-budget video production, you ™ll see how digital pioneers are changing the way we tell stories and reshaping the film and television industry. The focus is on developing an episodic story with transmedia elements. WHAT YOU ™LL LEARN: In this comprehensive seminar, you will learn how to: Rewrite your script to fit the requirements of a low budget production Get corporate sponsors to pay for your web series Raise money from Internet crowd funding sites Put together a budget for your production Select and inspire actors and key production"
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Great Dialogue - Digital Edition (Windows Only) |
"Let ™s face it, no matter how good your story is, if the dialogue is stilted your movie script, book or play won't make it to first base. But if you have sparkling, well-constructed dialogue your story and characters will leap off the page. The best way to really improve your dialogue skills is to see great dialogue in action and have specific techniques you can use in different dramatic situations. Great Dialogue Software has a database of thousands of samples of the best dialogue from movies, TV, novels and plays, all available at the click of a button. Just type in the subject matter of your scene and click Find. Most of these samples have a detailed analysis to instruct you how the dialogue was constructed, the technique used, and why it works. But that ™s not all. You can also click on the Techniques button to see a list of the top 101 dialogue writing techniques. By clicking on a particular technique, you will be taken to a screen that explains the technique in"
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The Wes Anderson Collection - Hardcover Edition |
"Wes Anderson is one of the most influential voices from the past two decades of American cinema. A true auteur, Anderson is known for the visual artistry, inimitable tone, and idiosyncratic characterizations that make each of his films--Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom--instantly recognizable as Andersonian. The Wes Anderson Collection is the first in-depth overview of Anderson's filmography, guiding readers through his life and career. Previously unpublished photos, artwork, and ephemera complement a book-length conversation between Anderson and award-winning critic Matt Zoller Seitz. The interview and images are woven together in a meticulously designed book that captures the spirit of his films: melancholy and playful, wise and childish--and thoroughly original. Praise for The Wes Anderson Collection: In The Wes Anderson Collection, Seitz expands a series of video"
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"Roger Corman: Blood-Sucking Vampires, Flesh-Eating Cockroaches, And" |
"Roger Corman reigns supreme as the godfather of independent filmmaking. Since 1954, he has produced four-hundred-plus movies on shoestring budgets, blending action, sex, humor, and social message into hip (and profitable) entertainments. He has also demonstrated an uncanny eye for talent, launching the Hollywood careers of Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and James Cameron, to name just a few. Thanks to a campaign supported by generations of grateful alumni, he was honored with an Oscar in 2009. It was a fitting valedictory, but Corman himself is still going strong, churning out monster mash-ups like Sharktopus and promoting them via today's social media. Beverly Gray served as Corman's story editor for nearly a decade. Through far-reaching conversations with over one hundred fellow Cormanites, she takes you behind the cameras for an insider's look at the man and the mogul. This third edition of Gray's now-classic unauthorized biography, first published "
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"Guillermo Del Toro Cabinet Of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections," |
"Over the last two decades, writer-director Guillermo del Toro has mapped out a territory in the popular imagination that is uniquely his own, astonishing audiences with Cronos, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and a host of other films and creative endeavors. Now, for the first time, del Toro reveals the inspirations behind his signature artistic motifs, sharing the contents of his personal notebooks, collections, and other obsessions. The result is a startling, intimate glimpse into the life and mind of one of the world's most creative visionaries. Complete with running commentary, interview text, and annotations that contextualize the ample visual material, this deluxe compendium is every bit as inspired as del Toro is himself. Contains a foreword by James Cameron, an afterword by Tom Cruise, and contributions from other luminaries, including Neil Gaiman and John Landis, among others."
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Television Success Strategies - Download Edition - Mp4 Video |
"Breaking into television requires a combination of networking, writing talent, and smart strategy. Opportunities abound for television writers, from fellowships to internships, and knowing the right path to your desired career is the key to success. Map out your road to the writers room with this must-watch session to getting hired as a television writer."
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Before Fade In - Download Edition - Mp4 Video |
"Your script idea may be so exciting that you ™re ready to dive in immediately. But before you write FADE IN: there is a lot of preparation that can be done to make your first draft the best it can be. In this must-watch session, examine what tools and techniques are available to make your writing process easier and more productive."
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Inside The Room: Writing Television With The Pros At Ucla Extension |
"Included in Disney's Recommended Reading List! Accomplished writers from the renowned UCLA Extension Writers' Program provide an invaluable how-to book for aspiring television writers. What does it take to go from being a TV fan to a professional TV writer? Television writers whose many produced credits include The Simpsons; Mad Men; Frasier; X-Files; Battlestar Gallactica; CSI: Miami; Law and Order; and House, M.D.; take aspiring writers through the process of writing their first spec script for an on-air series, creating one-hour drama and sitcom pilots that break out from the pack, and revising their scripts to meet pro standards. They also learn how to launch and sustain a writing career and get a rare look inside the process of creating, selling, and getting a TV show made. Edited by Linda Venis, Director of the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, Inside the Room is an unmatched resource for everything readers need to know to write their way into the Writers Guild of America."
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