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Among this book s wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. The sixth edition is chock-full of new examples, the latest practices, and new material on non-traditional screenplay outlets. David Trottier is a script consultant, writer, producer, and screenwriting teacher.
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"I have bought several books on screenwriting, some of which were of great reputation, but none of them come close to the quality of what Trottier has put together."
"First time script writer and this book , let me rephrase that.."
"This book was recommended to me by my Screenwriting teacher to help with formatting and questions related to format."
"This book is a must have for screen writers, covering the organic process of story telling and the practical approach to properly formatting your script."
"For anyone interested in correct and forceful screen writing this is a must."
"Love this book."
The updated and revised third edition provides new insights and observations from Vogler's ongoing work on mythology's influence on stories, movies, and man himself.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A great resource for aspiring screen writers."
"This was the only book that helped me get through one of my screenwriting classes."
"This is a good book to start out with for writer's or even readers for a good understanding of writing."
"One of my favorite books."
"Amazing book!"
"Bought this book for a class."
"Exactly what I needed as a new writer."
"I bought this book after taking a Writers' League of Texas class on the Hero's Journey."
A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s award-winning film, Interstellar , from executive producer and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne. Kip Thorne, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus at Caltech, is the author of the bestselling books Black Holes and Time Warps and The Science of Interstellar.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This book takes us back to the movie, and explains to us the many aspects of science that this movie touched on, including: the biology and geophysics behind the dooms-day scenario at the beginning of the movie, the astrophysics and gravitational physics of black holes, the science of planets, and the (very wild) scientific speculations on wormholes and quantum gravity. I watched the movie together with a group of physicists and astronomers; afterwards, we had a lively debate about whether many details in the movie was really plausible, as Dr. Thorne had promised to us previously."
"To further explain, I have the hard copy of the book and the audio version."
"Thorne is an obvious and unapologetic Einstein fan, so you get an enthusiastic argument for his undeniable brilliance as the guy who unlocked all of this, assuming Thorne and others are smart enough to figure it out."
"Here's a sample of the interesting facts you will learn if you buy this book: Vessot found that time on the ground flows more slowly than at a height of 10,000 kilometers by about 30 microseconds (0.00003 seconds) in one day, and his measurement agreed with Einstein’s law of time warps to within his experimental accuracy."
"If you watch the film, read the novelization next so that you fully understand what is supposed to be happening on screen, then read this."
"This book really fills in a lot of the things that seemed like they were "pushing it" in regards to what seemed believable in the film. Too bad the accompanying illustrations are often simple pencil sketches or MS Paint-worthy renderings."
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The third edition updates this popular reference book with new terminology and materials, and adds dozens of new illustrations of grip hardware, film lighting equipment and painting tools.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It is easily the most useful book that I have ever encountered in the world of technical theatre."
"If you run a school drama program or a church christmas play every year you need this book."
"This book contains reference material, formulas & descriptions."
"I currently work in theater and television and this book is great as a reference guide."
"Some small omissions, other than that, a good book to have around."
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"It manages to meet the needs of users of various levels of experience, no easy feat."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great product to learning guitar methods."
"If you try to learn guitar yourself, it is not an easy book, it needs more detail for beginner."
"My daughter's music teacher recommended this book and it has helped my daughter learn the basic skills she needs to get to the next level."
"Arrived way ahead of scheduled and was in excellent condition."
"This is a tightened up version of the Essential Elements Guitar book."
"As advertised and an interesting twist in the included CDs in that they use various guitar types(Eletric/acoustic.jazz) and backgrounds."
"I honestly would like the Complete Edition better if there was another DVD for books 2 and 3 and more tunes that I am familiar with."
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'Friday the 13th' introduced moviegoers to a new kind of cinematic terror - shocking, visceral, and graphic. "A must-have for the library of anyone who likes Hollywood biographies, film books, or horror. "This book was utterly fantastic; in its presentation, substance and obvious adoration for the material.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Fantastic, not only great for F13th fans, anybody who loves movies should read this amazingly detailed behind the scenes of movie making book, BUT if you are a fan of Horror flicks or the Slasher genre you'll find this book an intensely interesting read on how to bring to life a scary film , BUT if you are a Friday the 13th fanatic GET THIS BOOK NOW it is a MUST read, everything is here... writers, directors, actors, producers, studio heads, everybody details how, when, where and why these films were made: for every single classic Jason movie, its super long, but it is so good, you don't want it to end, and it will make you see the movies many times again, even the ones you don't like that much, highly recommended."
"There are many delightful insights into the making of this franchise: Sean Cunningham’s own tortuous journey to making the slasher of slashers in 1980; a casting coup involving Betsy Palmer, a role she took up because her Mercedes conked out and she needed a new gas guzzler for the new decade: the details are what makes this book a wonder."
"All ten of the Friday The 13th movies (plus Freddy vs Jason but not the 2009 remake) are covered in absolute detail with loads of interviews with the actors (the stars for lack of a better word), the producers/directors etc you name it but the opinions are honest if people regretted ever being associated with the franchise, didn't get along with x it's still put in and helps make it such an outstanding read."
"Peter Bracke did an excellent job putting together this behind the scenes chronicle of arguably the most popular, controversial, and longest running horror franchise in cinematic history."
"I also own the hardcover copy of this, but decided to double-dip for the enhanced digital ebook, and it did not disappoint."
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"If you're a fan of the Friday The 13th films or if you are simply interested in filmmaking, this is a wonderful read."
"With interviews and pictures rarely seen, this book tells fans everything they've wondered, and much of what they didn't."