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The Action-Adventure movie is consistently one of the most popular exports of the American film industry, drawing enormous audiences worldwide orross many diverse societies, cultures, and languages.

But there are more than hot pursuits, hot lead, and hotheaded slugfests in a successful Action-Adventure script. With definitive examples from over 100 movies, Writing the Action-Adventure Film reveals the screenwriting principles that define the content and style of this popular film genre. Neill Hicks furnishes a set of tools to build a compelling screenplay that fulfills the expectations of the motion picture audience.

You will discover how to:

• Create the Moment of Truth, where the stokes are life and death.

• Perfect a story structure that compels your chorDcters to toke immediate action.

• Recognize the different forms of action and where to use them effectively.

• Develop the narrative context of adventure to surround the audience in the special world of the story.