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ScreenplaySyd Field

Screenplay

Syd Field
1979246 pages
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11 editions · 3 languages

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One of the seminal and much respected texts in the field of screenwriting by one of the greats. Screenplay has been revised and updated many times and it remains a number one bestseller on Amazon in 2016, years after it was first published. The book contains guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints elements essential to a screenplay and provides a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing a successful script.

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Editions

11 editions · 3 languages
  • Hardcover · English · 1998
    MJF Books · 262 pages · 9781567312393
  • Hardcover · English · 1982
    Delacorte Pr · 9780385288750
  • Other · English · 2005
    Delta · 336 pages · 9780385339032
  • Other · English · 2005
    Delta Trade Paperbacks · 309 pages · 9780307423269
  • Other · English · 1984
    Dell · 272 pages · 9780440576471
  • Other · English · 1982
    Dell Pub. Co. · 246 pages · 9780440579199
Motion picture authorshipMotion picture playsTechniqueCreative writingMoving-picture authorshipscreenwritingscreen playsfiction authorship