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Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies:
Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies:

Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies: in Bloomington, MN

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Write Your Screenplay with the Help of Top Screenwriters! It's like taking a Master Class in screenwriting ... all in one book!
Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.
"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."
Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond John Gaspard has directed half a dozen low-budget features, as well as written for TV, movies, novels and the stage.
The book covers (among other topics):
Academy-Award Winner
Dan Futterman
("Capote") on writing real stories
Tom DiCillio
("Living In Oblivion") on turning a short into a feature
Kasi Lemmons
("Eve's Bayou") on writing for a different time period
George Romero
("Martin") on writing horror on a budget
Rebecca Miller
("Personal Velocity") on adapting short stories
Stuart Gordon
("Re-Animator") on adaptations
Academy-Award Nominee
Whit Stillman
("Metropolitan") on cheap ways to make it look expensive
Miranda July
("Me and You and Everyone We Know") on making your writing spontaneous
Alex Cox
("Repo Man") on scaling the script to meet a budget
Joan Micklin Silver
("Hester Street") on writing history on a budget
Bob Clark
("Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things") on mixing humor and horror
Amy Holden Jones
("Love Letters") on writing romance on a budget
Henry Jaglom
("Venice/Venice") on mixing improvisation with scripting
L.M. Kit Carson
("Paris, Texas") on re-writing while shooting
Kenneth Lonergan
("You Can Count on Me") on script editing
Roger Nygard
("Suckers") on mixing genres
This is the book for anyone who's serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced! Grab it today!
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