Script Doctor's 100 More Tips for TV and Film

Script Doctor's 100 More Tips for TV and Film
Author: Si Spencer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2010-09-28
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1446194019

A second collection of tips on the rules, disciplines and processes of writing for film and television from a writer with over ten years of hands on experience working on the UK's most popular shows. Si Spencer has worked on extensive runs on hit shows such as Grange Hill, The Bill and Eastenders. He is also a critically acclaimed graphic novel writer, having worked on Judge Dredd, 2000 AD and Tank Girl, as well his own series 'The Vinyl Underground'. He has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the UK industry including Neil Gaiman, Russell T Davies, Tony Jordan, John Yorke, Mal Young, Simon Ashdown, Tony Garnett and Jamie Hewlett among others. This handy-sized collection of tips is not a dry, boring theoretical training course in script-writing; it's a fun and easily accessible collection of bite-sized hints on how to avoid the common mistakes, how to use simple techniques to improve your screenplay and even the actual physical process of how to write and sell your work.

Making a Good Script Great

Making a Good Script Great
Author: Linda Seger
Publisher: Samuel French , Incorporated
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1994
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

"Making a good script great is not just a matter of having a good idea. Nor is it a matter of just putting that good idea down on paper. In scriptwriting, it's not just the writing but also the rewriting that counts. [This book] focuses on the rewriting process and offers specific methods to help you craft tighter, stronger, and more workable scripts. While retaining all the valuable insights that have made the first edition one of the all-time most popular screenwriting books, this expanded, second edition adds new chapters that take you through the complete screenwriting process, from the first draft through the shooting draft. If you're writing your first script, this book will help develop your skills for telling a compelling and dramatic story. If you're a veteran screenwriter, this book will articulate the skills you know intuitively. And if you're currently stuck on a rewrite, this book will help you analyze and solve the problems and get your script back on track."--Back cover.

Doctor Who

Doctor Who
Author: Matthew Jacobs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1996
Genre: Motion picture plays
ISBN:

The script of the film starring Paul McGann as Doctor Who and Eric Roberts as his old adversary, The Master, and set in contemporary San Francisco.

Doctor Aphra (Star Wars)

Doctor Aphra (Star Wars)
Author: Sarah Kuhn
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593357035

Dr. Aphra teams up with Darth Vader himself in the original script to the audiobook production—an expanded adaptation of the critically acclaimed Marvel comics series. Dr. Chelli Lona Aphra, rogue archaeologist, is in trouble again. A pioneer in the field of criminal xenoarchaeology, Aphra recognizes no law, has no fear, and possesses no impulse control. To her, the true worth of the galactic relics she discovers is found not in a museum but in an arsenal. This viewpoint has led to a lot of misunderstandings. After her latest plan goes horribly wrong, Aphra’s roguish ways are on the verge of catching up to her. That’s when suddenly Darth Vader, terror of the galaxy, swoops in with his lightsaber and . . . saves her life? Don’t get her wrong—it’s not like she’s ungrateful. Sure, her new boss is a lord of the Sith. And okay, she may have just become a pawn in a deadly game being played by him and his boss, who happens to be the Galactic Emperor. And yes, the life expectancy of anyone who disappoints Vader can be measured in seconds. But she’s back doing what she does best. She’s got a ship to fly, a heist to pull, and two unorthodox but effective metal buddies: Triple-Zero, a protocol droid specializing in etiquette, customs, translation, and torture; and BT-1, an astromech loaded with enough firepower to take down a battlecruiser. Together, they might just find a way to get the job done and avoid the deadly performance review that waits at its conclusion. Just kidding. She’s doomed.

Dead Romance

Dead Romance
Author: Lawrence Miles
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 9780426205326

Chrissy Summerfield is bored by life in 1970s Britain. Nothing ever happens. Until, that is, the ritual murders, the arrival of the mysterious Chris Cwej, and the invasion from another dimension.

What’s the Story? The Director Meets Their Screenplay

What’s the Story? The Director Meets Their Screenplay
Author: Peter Markham
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2020-09-07
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1000173895

A structured perspective on the crucial interface of director and screenplay, this book encompasses twenty-two seminal aspects of the approach to story and script that a director needs to understand before embarking on all other facets of the director’s craft. Drawing on seventeen years of teaching filmmaking at a graduate level and on his prior career as a director and in production at the BBC, Markham shows how the filmmaker can apply rigorous analysis of the elements of dramatic narrative in a screenplay to their creative vision, whether of a short or feature, TV episode or season. Combining examination of such fundamental topics as story, premise, theme, genre, world and setting, tone, structure, and key images with the introduction of less familiar concepts such as cultural, social, and moral canvas, narrative point of view, and the journey of the audience, What’s The Story? The Director Meets Their Screenplay applies the insights of each chapter to a case study—the screenplay of the short film Contrapelo, nominated for the Jury Award at Tribeca in 2014. This book is an essential resource for any aspiring director who wants to understand exactly how to approach a screenplay in order to get the very best from it, and an invaluable resource for any filmmaker who wants to understand the important creative interplay between the director and screenplay in bringing a story to life.

Confessions of a Script Doctor

Confessions of a Script Doctor
Author: Jack Fitzgerald
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2019-04-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1532072341

More than likely, you have always wanted to write a book, screenplay, or stage play. Now you can and base it on your personal life experiences. Let this handbook be your guide into the writing world as a hobby or profession. You will find in this book a large number of writing secretes, tips, advice, and pitfalls. The material is not complicated, theoretical, or analytical. It is presented in an easy-to-grasp format. As you go through the pages, you will feel like you are having a cup of coffee with your own private mentor. This is a fun book, and the subject matter is humorously presented. You will be shown how to take the various events of your life and develop them into a writing project. In addition, essentials such as grammar, punctuation, and good writing skills are painlessly presented. We have all had interesting experiences in our lives. You can now join countless others who have used their backgrounds as the basis of a book, screenplay, or stage play.

Script Doctor

Script Doctor
Author: Andrew Cartmel
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Doctor Who (Television program)
ISBN: 9781908630681

"Andrew Cartmel was the script editor on Doctor Who from 1986 to 1989. During his time on the show he introduced the seventh Doctor and his companion Ace (Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred). and oversaw forty-two scripts written by eight writers new to the series. With a clear mission to bring proper science fiction back into Doctor Who, he formulated what was later termed "The Cartmel Masterplan", re-introducing the mystery to the character of the Doctor as the series celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary and beyond. Script Doctor is his memoir of this time based on his diaries written sometimes on set and sometimes not even in the diary itself but on the back of scripts. With a foreword from Sylvestr McCoy and an afterword from Sophie Aldred, this book is illustrated with 32 pages of photographs, many never published before. It is a vivid account of life in the Doctor Who production office in the late eighties"--Back cover.

From Script to Screen

From Script to Screen
Author: Linda Seger
Publisher: Lone Eagle Publishing Company, LLC
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2004
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

What goes into the making of Hollywood's greatest motion pictures? Join the authors as they examine recent screenplays on their perilous journey from script to screen.