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Reddit mentions of Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting (Methuen Film)

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Found 5 comments on Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting (Methuen Film):

u/incnc · 14 pointsr/Filmmakers

Do NOT go into debt for film school.

If it is payed for, then sure, it should be a lot of fun. But your reel already surpasses 95% of what I see from students who have already graduated film school.

If you are taking out money to go to film school.... dont. Student loan payments are one of the biggest obstacles when trying to launch a freelance career. Also, a film degree doesnt mean dick to most people in this industry. Unless you want to have a 9-5 at a studio or something. And thats stupid.

Use the money to:

  1. live for a year without having to take a job and start working for free on any set you can get on. This type of education far exceeds anything you will glean at a film school. By the end of the year you should have been

    or

  2. use the money to make a low-budget feature. Your photography is already strong, now go buy:

    http://www.amazon.com/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0413715604/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=

    http://www.amazon.com/Screenplay-Foundations-Screenwriting-Syd-Field/dp/0385339038/ref=pd_sim_b_9

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Writers-Journey-Structure-Edition/dp/193290736X/ref=pd_sim_b_5

    http://www.amazon.com/Save-Last-Book-Screenwriting-Youll/dp/1932907009/ref=pd_sim_b_2

    http://www.amazon.com/Making-Movies-Sidney-Lumet/dp/0679756604

    Absorb. Read again. Then write and shoot your own movies. It will cost less than film school, it will be MORE fun than listening to failed film makers telling you how to make movies, and it could potentially launch your career.

    Also, if you are ever in New Orleans, PM me and I will buy you a beer.
u/Prezbo · 4 pointsr/videos

Robert McKee and Alexander Mackendrick are my references. I highly recommend these books. Mckee has a whole chapter (if my memory is correct) on voice-over and how lazy it is to explain exposition using it.

u/mushpuppy · 3 pointsr/flicks

I dunno about sites/blogs, but the best single book I've ever read about film is Story by Robert McKee. I'd recommend it to every fan of film and every would-be writer of any type.

u/elchicodebarba · 3 pointsr/portugal

Storytelling, com que propósito?

Não sei se terá a ver com o que procuras mas recomendo estes dois livros.

Story e The Eye Is Quicker.

Certamente mais baratos que esse "curso".

u/Titan897 · 1 pointr/comicbooks

>Here’s a link that explains the Wally Wood guide a bit more.

That's a real interesting read, I was actually just reading about Cerebus the other day too.


>The most helpful book I’m reading currently is “Save the Cat! Writes a Novel” . Basically a more in depth, beat by beat structure book. Written for novelists, but inspired by a very successful screenwriting book.
>
>All that formatting stuff I’ve mentioned I’ve pulled from the web as needed. Kind of teaching myself as I go along and there hasn’t been any breakout book other than Saves the Cat.

You should check out Story by Robert McKee and [Into The Woods by John Yorke.] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0141978104/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_dtUyDb1953H7P) The former is a very highly recommended book on /r/screenwriting and the latter, I was given by my media lecturer and I am absolutely loving just now. In particular, the characterisation chapters are very helpful.

>I’m learning nobody does this stuff the same way. I am a highly obsessive dude so those sluglines are just my way of doing shit that most people are comfortable with keeping in their head.
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>I’m so paranoid I’ll forget something, or forget to mark how I wanted a composition to look. Then I’ll spend hours...days...stuck on a panel that I could have figured out in a script.

On the one hand, I love how freeform and unique comics scripting is. On the other, I'm also a highly obsessive dude and I'm sometimes paralysed with indecision and end up procrastinating about writing. Maybe I should look into something more regimented, could solve a problem.