Short Films: Writing the Screenplay

Every award-winning short film begins life with a clever idea, a good story and a screenplay. Patrick Nash analyses the process of writing short film screenplays and gives advice on:

• Story and structure

• Ideas generation

• Plot and pace

• Screenplay format

• Dos and don'ts

• Eliciting emotion

• Dialogue and subtext

• Character design

• Protagonists and antagonists

• Character motivation and goals

• Conflict, obstacles and stakes

• Clichés and Stereotypes

• Beginnings, middles and ends

• Hooking the viewer

• Screenplay competitions

• Loglines, outlines and synopses

• Rewriting and length

• Practicalities and budgets

The book also includes a number of award-winning scripts and interviews, advice and contributions from their award-winning screenwriters and a discussion of the benefits to writers of writing short screenplays.

• Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
• ISBN: 9781842435014
• Number of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm