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Writing the TV Drama Series: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV
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Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-12-05 Summary: Great, Must Have TV Drama writing book ... I own several books on TV writing but this one is the by the far the best I've read. It breaks down a TV season from show conception to show airing, has great example/sample script excerpts, and explains the TV writing process in a classroom style format. It felt like you were taking a Pamela Douglas class. Don't walk, run to buy this book. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-20 Summary: Lightbulb ... Granted I am only at the beginning stages of my TV writing ambitions but reading this book was like discovering a shiny chrome zippo lighter after spending years trying to make fire by rubbing sticks together in the desert. This book was an eye opener. It completely demystifies the process while also laying down the frank (and sobering) requirements needed to embark on a TV writing career. With this book in my collection I feel like I'm ready to start with a realistic idea of what to expect. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-10-29 Summary: A Step-by-Step Guide From Script to Screen ... "In Writing the TV Drama Series, Pamela Douglas lays out one of the most clear, step-by-step plans for crafting your series concept and following a plan of pitching and selling it, including a month-by-month breakdown of how the TV business operates. Filled with inspired and inspiring interviews by TV greats, this is a must-read for anyone serious about writing series!" -- Derek Rydall, Screenwriter, Best-Selling Author, "I Could've Written a Better Movie than that!" "There's No Business Like Soul Business," Founder, ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | This 2nd edition of Douglas's hit book gives the latest inside scoop on obtaining success in this highly competitive industry. This second edition takes readers inside Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Battlestar Gallactica, and CSI:Miami; as well as the great shows dovered in the first edition....more

Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946-present
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-10-20 Summary: Shooting Stars is a Star ... I love TV westerns and western actors. Shooting Stars is the most informative encyclopedia of TV westerns that I've ever seen. With this book as a guide, I would love to watch some of the episodes that I have not seen in a long time. Very interesting and great fun. If you like westerns get this book!!! ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-01-12 Summary: Fun bit of nostalgia !! ... This book is not about the movies or television shows of the western era. It is an encyclopedia of the actors that brought the genre to life on the celluloid screen. Western actors, big and small, top bill and sidekick are listed, each with a small biography. The author talks about how the actor found themselves in Hollywood and landed the show or movie that made them a shooting star. I was finally able to put names to the many faces that I have watched on screen for some time. It's basic reading, but very enjoyable. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-02-13 Summary: Nostalgic Guide to Boob Tube Cowboys! ... Prolific author Douglas Brode takes Baby Boomers down memory lane with this guide to 450+ actors/actresses who starred in TV westerns from 1946 to 2008. Especially during the 1950s, the small screen was inundated with westerns galore, some classics, others run-of-the-mill. Whether you were a fan of DAVY CROCKETT, WAGON TRAIN, PALADIN, RAWHIDE, MAVERICK, THE RIFLEMAN, F TROOP or later entries like LONESOME DOVE, coach potatoes will find something of interest in Brode's book. After an interesting essay on cowboys on ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | "This volume enshrines and preserves the essence of what the TV Western has always been all about." --Fess Parker, star of the Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone TV series, from the foreword Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. From the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, they were one of TV's most popular genres, with millions of viewers tuning in to such popular shows as Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and Disney's Davy Crockett. Though the cultural revolution...more

Write to TV: Out of Your Head and onto the Screen
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-08-08 Summary: Good all-round book... ... Don't look to this book for script-writing advice. It mostly relies on the business side of show-business, describing the inner workings of the TV industry and the steps that you can take in order to get your foot through the door (this is actually the title of one of the chapters) and what you need to do when you have two or more spec scripts in your writer's portfolio. There is some advice as to what topics and story lines to avoid when writing a spec, but aside from that, there is little in the book about screenwriting. ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-01-08 Summary: Writing a pilot for TV ... I bought this for a friend that's writing a pilot for an upcoming tv show. It's got some pretty good pointers, also check out the Screen Writer's Bible... ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-03-28 Summary: A Reality Check for Writing for TV ... A comprehensive guide to anyone aspiring to become a TV writer. This book provides detailed informatin and indepth insight in all areas of the genre - from episodic to children's TV. This should be required reading for indiviuals seriously considering TV writing as a career. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Learn to craft smart, original scripts and teleplays for a variety of television formats, including comedy, animation, drama, movies of the week, pilots, reality television, TV news magazine, and children's programming. Using the tools the author provides: checklists, sample outlines and treatments for each format, sample script pages, war stories from writers and executives, and a sample query letter to introduce finished script pages to agents, you'll avoid common pitfalls and come across...more

The Visual Story, Second Edition: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780240807799; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-04-01 Summary: It has changed the way I handle preproduction for life! ... The Visual Story by Bruce Block reviewed by The Monkey Butler Ninja [..] The subjects covered in this book are CRITICAL to all artist, Photographers, Painters, Game Designers, and Videographers. We must have a good grasp of fundamental principles concerning visual structure. The Visual Story by Bruce Block reads a lot like a textbook. Since I prefer a book to come across as if hearing some guru on the subject teach me, this is a con. That being said, it is an excellent textbook. In the early chapters it sets stages ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-08-10 Summary: Good service and product. Would buy from again. ... The book was shipped in pretty good time and in condition advertised. Would buy from again. ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2010-01-02 Summary: Excellent book to understand the visual language of film ... I was in a two-day seminar with Bruce Block when I worked for a major studio and had my eyes completely opened to the visual language of film-making. This book covers everything he went over in the seminar. A few years later I was in a story-telling session with the main story boarder / story visualizer from Pixar and this book was 90% of his presentation. If you want to become a film maker or understand film, read this book. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or video game. You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music. Understanding visual structure allows you to communicate moods...more