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The 2nd Edition
WRITING SHORT FILMS
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
- Learn the differences between
feature and short films
- Discover structural
considerations particular to the short
- Find a strategy
for creating the short script you want to share.
Click Here to see the film festivals Linda's students'
have won awards in and hear what they have to say.
Today in Hollywood it's easier to get an agent,
producer or studio exec to watch a short film than it is to read a
screenplay.
Shorts take less time, and if they're good, they're
more fun.
The short has launched the careers of Spielberg,
Coppola, Scorsese, and recently South Park creators Trey
Parker and Matt Stone, Billy Bob Thorton (Some Folks Call it a
Sling Blade), 405 co-directors and writers Bruce
Branit and Jeremy Hunt.
Why not you?
Great Shorts Start the Way Great Features do
-- With a Script
Writing Short Films starts with the basics and takes you
through structural strategies particular to short form filmmaking.
Topics covered:
- The best shorts are simple
though their ideas may be complex
- The
principles for writing a short are the same as a feature, but the rules
aren't
- Shorts can deal with controversial
themes mainstream films avoid
- Conflict must
set up immediately
- Length is important
Get the Story Out of your Head and Down on
Paper
Writing Short Films will give you tools
to approach your ideas, and help you focus them to begin writing and
take the first step toward making your film. back to top
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