{"product_id":"four-screenplays-studies-in-the-american-screenplay","title":"Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYes, you\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e write a great screenplay. Let Syd Field show you how.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I based\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike Water for Chocolate\u003c\/i\u003e on what I learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story.”—Laura Esquivel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTechnology is transforming the art and craft of screenwriting. How does the writer find New ways to tell a story with pictures, to create a truly outstanding film? Syd Field shows \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhat works, why, and how\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e in four extraordinary films: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, The Silence of the Lambs,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDances with Wolves.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLearn how:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCallie Khouri,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e in her first movie script, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e rewrote the rules for Used road movies and played against type to create a New American classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames Cameron,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e writer\/director of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTerminator 2: Judgement Day,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecreated a sequel integrating spectacular special effects and a story line that transformed the Terminator, the quintessential killing machine, into a sympathetic character. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is how an action film is written.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTed Tally\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e adapted Thomas Harris's chilling 350-page novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einto a riveting 120-page script—a lesson in the art and craft of adapting novels into film.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael Blake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eauthor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDances with Wolves,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eachieved every writer's dream as he translated his novel into an uncompromising film. Learn how he used transformation as a spiritual dynamic in this work of mythic sweep.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInformative and utterly engrossing, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFour Screenplays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e belongs in every writer's library, next to Syn Field's highly acclaimed companion volumes, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScreenplay, The Screenwriter's Workbook,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelling a Screenplay.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“If I were writing screenplays . . . 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