The Short Screenplay: Your Short Film from Concept to Production

Description

With the growth of film festivals, cable networks, specialty home video, and the Internet, there are more outlets and opportunities for screening short films now than at any time in the last 100 years. But before you can screen your short film, you need to shoot it. And before you can shoot it, you need to write it. The Short Screenplay provides both beginning and experienced screenwriters with all the guidance they need to write compelling, filmable short screenplays. Explore how to develop characters that an audience can identify with. How to create a narrative structure that fits a short time frame but still engages the audience. How to write dialogue thats concise and memorable. How to develop story ideas from concept through final draft. All this and much more is covered in a unique conversational style that reads more like a novel than a "how-to" book. The book wraps up with a discussion of the role of the screenplay in the production process and with some helpful (and entertaining) sample scripts. This is the only guide youll ever need to make your short film a reality!

 

I. Introduction
What is a screenplay?
What is important in a screenplay?
The screenwriters skill set

II. Shorts
The fundamentals of the short film
The four categories of short films: short-shorts, conventional shorts, medium shorts, long shorts
Film vs. theater
Film vs. television

III. Character
Character and characterization
Putting your characters in charge of the action
What a character wants, what a character needs
Adding depth to your characters
Types of characters and their function
Secondary characters

IV. Narrative
The five forms of conflict
The three-part nature of screenplay structure: setup, rising action, resolution
The importance of cause and effect
The elements of a scene
Scene structure
Writing the scene

V. Dialogue
The goals of film dialogue
The characteristics of film dialogue
Writing effective dialogue
Structuring sentences and speeches
Dialect, slang, and insider speech

VI. Development
Generating ideas for a short screenplay
The development process
Creating a concept
Creating a synopsis
Creating a step outline
The first draft
Revising
Writing screenplays for non-theatrical films (podcasts, Internet only, mobile phone)

VII. Production
Production considerations for a short screenplay
Working with a director
Working with a producer
When the director or the producer is you
Conforming the screenplay to existing locations and budget limitations
Theres no such thing as a free lunch?BR>Permissions and legal considerations
Writing the shooting script

VIII. Format
The standard industry format: the way a screenplay looks on a paper
Screenplay form: using language to suggest film images
What to avoid: directing on paper and acting on paper
Film grammar vs. English grammar

IX. Glossary

X. Appendix

IX. Index

描述
隨著電影節、有線電視網、特定家庭影片和互聯網的發展，現在有比過去100年任何時候都更多的渠道和機會來播放短片。但在你能播放短片之前，你需要拍攝它。而在你能拍攝它之前，你需要寫下劇本。《短片劇本》為初學者和有經驗的編劇提供了撰寫引人入勝、適合拍攝的短片劇本所需的所有指導。探索如何塑造觀眾能夠認同的角色。如何創造符合短時間框架但仍能吸引觀眾的敘事結構。如何撰寫簡潔而令人難忘的對話。如何從概念到最終草稿發展故事點子。所有這些以及更多內容都以一種獨特的對話風格呈現，更像是一本小說而不是一本“如何”書。本書以討論劇本在製作過程中的角色結束，並附有一些有用（且有趣）的範例劇本。這是你製作短片的唯一指南！

目錄
I. 簡介
什麼是劇本？
劇本中的重要元素
編劇的技能組合

II. 短片
短片的基本原則
短片的四個類別：極短片、傳統短片、中等短片、長短片
電影與戲劇的區別
電影與電視的區別

III. 角色
角色和角色塑造
讓你的角色主導行動
角色的渴望和需求
豐富你的角色
角色類型及其功能
次要角色

IV. 敘事
五種衝突形式
劇本結構的三部分：設定、上升動作、結局
因果關係的重要性
場景的要素
場景結構
撰寫場景

V. 對話
電影對話的目標
電影對話的特點
撰寫有效的對話
句子和演講的結構
方言、俚語和內部用語

VI. 發展
為短片劇本產生點子
發展過程
創造概念
創造大綱
創造步驟大綱
第一稿
修訂
為非劇院電影（播客、僅限互聯網、手機）撰寫劇本

VII. 製作
為短片劇本考慮製作事項
與導演合作
與製片人合作
當導演或製片人是你自己時
將劇本符合現有場地和預算限制
沒有免費午餐？權限和法律考慮事項
撰寫拍攝劇本

VIII. 格式
行業標準格式：劇本在紙上的呈現方式
劇本形式：使用語言來暗示電影影像
應避免的事項：在紙上指導和在紙上表演
電影語法與英語語法的區別

IX. 术语表

X. 附錄

IX. 索引