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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraph
Part I: Curriculum
Orientation: When Film School Isn’t an Option
Colloquium: Why All Screenwriters Are Directors
Part II: Storytelling
Lecture 1: First Get the Story, Then Worry About How to Tell It
Lecture 2: Don’t Be Intimidated by Rules—Embrace Them
Lecture 3: Some of Your Best Ideas Will Come from Other People
Lecture 4: Four Short Writing Exercises That You Might Think Are Stupid and a Waste of Time but Aren’t (Trust Me)
Lecture 5: Writing the Short Screenplay: Don’t Run a Marathon Before You Do Wind Sprints
Lecture 6: How to Rewrite Your Short Screenplay (Despite the Fact That You Think It’s Perfect)
Colloquium: Making Your Short Screenplay: The Fear Before the Knowledge
Part III: Filmmaking
Lecture 7: Stuff You Need to Know About Making Your Screenplay, Whether It’s 8 pages or 108 Pages
Lecture 8: Directing the Actor
Lecture 9: Filmmaking Pitfalls
Lecture 10: Lights! Camera! Action! Editing!
Colloquium: When You’re Ready to Shoot on Film
Part IV: Dialogue and Characterization
Lecture 11: You Talk Too Much. Get Some Boundaries. And Who Are You, Really? I Mean, Really?
Colloquium: Before Jack Was Jack: The Lesson of Five Easy Pieces
Part V: Screenwriting
Lecture 12: On to the Full-Length Screenplay
Colloquium: The Well-Made Screenplay
Lecture 13: To Make a Long Story Short
Lecture 14: Why Less Is More Isn’t Always True
Colloquium: The Conscious Mind Is the Last to Know
Lecture 15: The Screenplay That Wouldn’t End
Lecture 16: Finding Your Voice: Comedy
Lecture 17: Finding Your Voice: Drama
Lecture 18: Are You Cheap or Deep?
Lecture 19: Diving Headfirst into Your Full-Length Screenplay
Part VI: How to Be a Well-Rounded Writer, Director, and All-round Film Buff
Lecture 20: Create Your Own Cinema Studies Department
Lecture 21: The Importance of a Good Read
Lecture 22: More Stuff You Should Know About Writing
Colloquium: How to Avoid Getting Screwed in Hollywood
Lecture 23: Stuff to Mull Over (During Writer’s Block and Other Dry Periods)
Lecture 24: Avoid People Without a Plan
Lecture 25: It’s Not Who You Know; It’s Who You Get to Know
Last Class: A Final Exam of Sorts
Resources
Index
Also by D. B. Gilles
Advance Praise for The Portable Film School
About the Author
Copyright
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