Question by Alexander: Question about film making?
I wanna go into film making but I’m not taking any classes yet and I won’t be able to for a little while still. I really don’t know where to even begin and I have no experience other than listening to directors and hearing their methods and watching countless amounts of different types of movies and trying to analyze them. I do however, have a lot of ideas for movies that I want to write down. So my one question is this, how do you write a script? Are they just summaries of movie ideas? or is there a certain structure to writing them? if someone can tell or at least give some guidance I would really appreciate it. : )
Best answer:
Answer by Johnny M.
Get these books. These are must read books for any aspiring film makers/screenwriters.
Save the cat
http://www.amazon.com/Save-Last-Book-Screenwriting-Youll/dp/1932907009
Sid field’s screenplay
http://www.amazon.com/Screenplay-Foundations-Screenwriting-Syd-Field/dp/0385339038/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289386294&sr=1-1
Sid field’s screenwriters workbook
http://www.amazon.com/Screenwriters-Workbook-Revised-Syd-Field/dp/0385339046/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289386294&sr=1-2
It helped me a LOT.
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