Writing Treatments That Sell, Second Edition: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV...

Writing Treatments That Sell, Second Edition: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV...
ISBN-10
0805072780
ISBN-13
9780805072785
Category
Motion picture authorship
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2003-02
Publisher
Macmillan
Authors
Kenneth John Atchity, Chi-Li Wong

Description

Describes the structure and function of a treatment and discusses character, setting, theme, action, and copyright protection, and offers step-by-step guidelines for preparing a winning treatment for each media.

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