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Screenplay Story Analysis
The Art and Business
by Asher Garfinkel

Format: Paperback, 187 pages
Publisher: Allworth Press
Pub. Date: May 1, 2007
ISBN: 158115478X
Dimensions: 5.5 × 0.5 × 8.5 inches

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So you want to read screenplays and make money doing it? Learn how to become a professional story analyst. In addition to explaining the basic who, what, and why of writing story analysis—called "coverage" in the industry—this book reveals the skills and techniques needed to take your career to the next level, including:
  • Terms and story elements all professional readers must know
  • Standard coverage format and content
  • Methods for sharpening your analytical skills
  • How to acquire work as a professional story analyst
  • Thought processes involved in reading and evaluating a screenplay
Screenplay Story Analysis offers tips on the business aspect of being a story analyst that will prepare you for everything from finding clients to pleasing them to keeping them coming back. With a foreword by Craig Perry, producer of such films as American Pie, Final Destination, and Cats & Dogs, and insights from esteemed industry professionals such as Brian Morewitz, VP Drama Development at ABC and Michael Bayer, Directory of Business Affairs and Legal at Paramount Pictures Worldwide Home Entertainment, this is the essential guide for breaking into the business.

Asher Garfinkel has worked in production and development for over fifteen years. He has served as a freelance consultant to producers, directors, and writers. The founder of Readers Unlimited, a Los Angeles-based screenplay analysis service, he has read and evaluated thousands of scripts. He lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

Format: Paperback, 187 pages
Publisher: Allworth Press
Pub. Date: May 1, 2007
ISBN: 158115478X
Dimensions: 5.5 × 0.5 × 8.5 inches

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