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• Region: All Regions
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0017RLT14
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,343 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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ON THE PAGE: the DVD Ten-Minute Writing Tools Take Your Script From Premise to Polish Got ten minutes? Write your screenplay. On the Page: the DVD is the ultimate resource for the busy writer, offering over 20 ten-minute writing tools that take your script from the brainstorming stage, through the outline, into a finished script, and even into the rewrite. Screenwriting instructor / script consultant Pilar Alessandra guides writers of all levels through each phase of the process with her engaging and user-friendly approach. An internationally renowned speaker on screenwriting and story pitching, Pilar's unique methods have helped hundreds of writers finish their screenplays, win major writing competitions, and make script sales to studios such as Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Bros. and Sony. Now she's assembled all of her exercises in one DVD so that you can get your screenplay out of your head ... and On the Page. Biography: PILAR ALESSANDRA Writing Instructor/Script Consultant: On the Page www.onthepage.tv Pilar Alessandra is the director of the popular writing program On the Page. She's worked as Senior Story Analyst for DreamWorks and Radar pictures and first caught the "teaching bug" as an instructor with the UCLA Writers Program. Since creating On the Page in 2001, she's trained writers and story analysts at ABC/Disney, Nickelodeon and MTV and and has taught at numerous writing conferences including The American Screenwriting Association, The FTX Film and Television Festival and Creative Screenwriting Magazine's Screenwriting Expo where she's an annual "Star Speaker." Students and clients have sold to Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Sony and have won prestigious competitions such as the Open Door Competition, Fade-In Competition and Nicholl Fellowship.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource for Screenwriters, July 16, 2008

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Cheri Waterhouse (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Page (DVD)

Before I used to get bogged down in structure, or just sitting down to write seemed to be a daunting task. I followed the exercises (which take about 10 minutes and in no time I had an actual outline of my whole script. Ms. Alessandra also gives great exercises on characters dialogue and how to end a screenplay that are really useful. A must have for any screenwriter!

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this DVD..., February 4, 2010

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Jacob J. Buterbaugh (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Page (DVD)

After you've learned theory from Syd Field or Robert McKee, get this DVD. Pilar Alessandra shows you how to actually write a screenplay, which is something that most of the screenwriting gurus don't do.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD!, August 29, 2009

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Shawn (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: On the Page (DVD)

The DVD is informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining to boot. Not everyone comes across well as an instructor on DVDs; Pilar Alessandra is very personable, and keeps your attention. Shipment from the seller was also lightening-quick.