The Digital Filmmaking Handbook Presents, Mastering Screenwriting: From Shorts to Features, by Donald H. Hewitt
The Digital Filmmaking Handbook Presents Mastering Screenwriting: From Shorts to Features by Donald H. Hewitt

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Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1 Why Shorts? Why Features?
  • 2 Story and You
  • 3 Loglines
  • 4 Basic Story Structure
  • 5 Character
  • 6 Getting the Audience to Care
  • 7 Character-Based Structure
  • 8 Outline
  • 9 Screenplay Format
  • 10 Scenes
  • 11 Start Fast
  • 12 The Role of Dialogue
  • 13 Dialogue Techniques
  • 14 Scene Descriptions
  • 15 Suspense
  • 16 Set Pieces
  • 17 The Non-Traditional Film
  • 18 Film School Applications and Breaking In
  • Appendix: Course Outlines for Teachers or Self-Paced Learners