Screenplay Business Managing Creativity and Script Development in the Film Industry

Name: Screenplay Business Managing Creativity and Script Development in the Film Industry
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ISBN: 9780415613330

ISBN-10: 0415613337

ISBN-13: 9780415613330

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter Bloore

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The development of a film script is a long and complex process, beginning with the initial story concept, continuing through drafting and financing, to the start of the shoot. Although initially creatively driven by the writer, it is a team effort, and is managed by a producer or development executive. And yet the best ways of understanding and managing this important development process have never been properly researched and studied. The Screenplay Business does exactly that, addressing such questions as:How do we create the best processes and environments for developing stories and concepts for film? Are some of the current practices hindering efficient development?How can the creative…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of figures


List of tables


List of boxes


Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction: a world of stories and money



The complex world of film development



The bigger picture: how films are developed



Show me the money: the business of film and the value chain



A new analysis of types of film and film development funding



The creative triangle: building development relationships



The reality of development: power and influence in a dynamic system



The development executive and the script editor



Managing creative people in film development: control versus freedom



Defining creativity in the movie business



Who creative people are and how to motivate them: psychology and insight



Managing creative people and film development



The script meeting: listening and feeding back



Strengthening the development team culture and building a sustainable creative company



Working with the Hollywood studio system: being independent in a world of prefabricated daydreams



The writer: surviving development and negotiating success



Into the future: a creative way to develop better films



Sternberg's analysis of levels of creative contribution, as applied to the science fiction film genre



Examples of script reader report forms


Notes


Bibliography


Index