Dealing with both documentary and feature films, this book is a guide to using particular tools and procedures in developing ideas and concepts for writing film scripts. Part one deals with the factual, or documentary, film and discusses the proposal outline, film treatment, sequence outline, shooting script, and narration writing. Part two…

This essay is an examination of a particular kind of change which has been made with some frequency in recent motion pictures derived from novels. Because the market for cinema is youth and the young people of the country are largely disenchanted with foreign languages, motion pictures derived from novels are occasionally rewritten in such a way…

Chosen for their literary quality and because they reflect the historical periods in which they were written, the 23 one-act dramas in this anthology represent the work of American female playwrights. The plays range from the realistic dramas produced in the "Little Theatres" of New York City at the turn of the century to current off-Broadway…