Scriptipps The Descendants

Download or read book ScripTipps: The Descendants written by Dan Margules and published by elfpublished books. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn screenwriting by reexamining the movies you love! It’s fun and, with ScripTipps screenplay study guides, it’s easy! Writer/director Alexander Payne (Sideways) and writers Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Way, Way Back) won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2012 for THE DESCENDANTS. ScripTipps examines the choices they made in adapting the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, as well as the universally-applicable screenwriting techniques they used to take their suffering protagonist on an emotional journey of discovery, closure, and healing. ABOUT THE SERIES: ScripTipps help aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps screenplay study guide analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Star Trek ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II ScripTipps: Waitress COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow