Learn Genre Film Secrets by Sally J Walker

Learn Genre Film Secrets by Sally J Walker

In LEARN GENRE FILM SECRETS Part One readers will learn what Genre is, how each of 11 genres work then how film intensifies and satisfies aficionado expectations. They will discover all stories need Mystery . . . Science Fiction plays with possibility . . . Fantasy triggers imagination . . . Comedy lightens darkness . . . Juvenile stories teach . . . Horror's nightmares can comfort . . . Romance connects . . . Western rebels want security . . . Historicals create relevance . . . Action-Adventure challenges . . . Inspirational stories stretch the spirit. Besides 24 advanced screenwriting concepts, the writer will learn to weave elements from one genre into the fundamental story of another genre, creating more powerful characters and plots that appeal to a broader movie-going audience.

In Part Two's Romantic Screenplays 101 readers will learn the difference between a romance and a love story and how romantic elements complicate a main plot or enhance a subplot. They will discover how to identify relationship stories without melodrama. Practice creating the pull-push of realistic emotions with dynamic characters living cinematic plots actors and producers want.

Walker, Sally J.: - After earning a BFA in creative writing, Omaha, NE resident Sally Walker started her full-time writing career over thirty years ago and quickly won acclaim for her stage plays and screenplays, internationally published poetry, non-fiction, and fiction. Amazon.com listed The Fiction Works-published novels by Sally, as well as two adult literacy anthologies, TELL ME OF LOVE and THE REAL WEST, containing her work. The collection of 365 essays A WRITER'S YEAR came out in electronic format in early 2011 and three screenwriting textbooks (electronic versions) in 2012 (that evolved into AAE's two expanded textbooks). Four fiction textbooks will follow, as well as more novels, novella collections, and juvenile works. Wife of a bagpipe-playing, retired engineer and mother of three grown daughters (with a flock of eight grandchildren), this retired critical care R.N. was Editorial Director for The Fiction Works, a traditional small publishing company offering electronic, print and audio material. For ten years she was also a staff writer for two international film industry magazines, providing craft articles and interviews. Recommended for her analytical skills by members of the UCLA Film Department, she serves as an annual screenplay judge for one film festival and a national competition. Sally currently has 33 screenplays on her resume. Her writing affiliations have included a study-critique group she founded called the Nebraska Writers Workshop, Romance Writers of America, Western Writers of America, and the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. She served as the '07-11 president of a state-wide writers organization. Besides presenting writing seminars on a regular basis for her local community college, Sally is their adjunct professor of credit classes in screenwriting. She has taught screenwriting at RT's annual convention and the Moondance International Film Festival, as well as a variety of courses for many on-line venues including several chapters of RWA, a Sisters-in-Crime chapter, and the eclectic, international list SavvyAuthors.com. She has coached over 5,000 students since presenting her first creative writing seminar in 1987. Among her proudest achievements has been a mentored teen 2013 acceptance to and 2017 graduation from the NYU Tisch Film School and a second teen start there in 2016. More in-depth information on Sally can be found at http: //www.salyjwalker.com.

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ISBN 13	9781640857322
ISBN 10	164085732X
Title	Learn Genre Film Secrets
Author	Sally J Walker
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sally J. Walker
Year published	2019-07-19
Number of pages	456
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