Screenplay by Disney [Paperback]

Jason Surrell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Disney

Disney's imaginative storytellers offer guidance and techniques to help aspiring screenwriters add Disney magic to their movie ideas. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Bambi, from The Little Mermaid to The Lion King, the animated films created by The Walt Disney Company are renowned for stories that amuse, astound, and inspire the viewer. Now, for the first time, the story artists and screenwriters behind these beloved movies offer aspiring and professional screenwriters a chance to learn how to incorporate the magic of Disney into their own celluloid dreams. Thanks to its three-act structure, Screenplay by Disney demonstrates the process of creating a great screenplay from start to finish. Additionally, a stellar cast of contributors will reveal not only how Disney does what it does so well but how you can adapt the company's strategies to your own creative endeavors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Disney Editions (August 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786854405
• ISBN-13: 978-0786854400
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,083,350 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun read but not a "Manual for Writing", August 9, 2005

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R. Ramirez "Scriptking" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Screenplay by Disney (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book and found it's insites fun and entertaining. As for a "manual" for writing in the Disney style it is not. The author even admits that he set out to find the "magic formula" and found there was none. Animation by it's very nature is very fluid and the "script" is actually developed in storyboards not 3x5 cards. To truely appreciate the Disney method would require a book on storyboarding, acting, directing and story development with the script taking second fiddle.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent New Disney Book, August 12, 2004

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Angelina Noel "Disney Fan" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Screenplay by Disney (Paperback)

It's evident the book is written by a true Disney fan, plus there are some great little bits of humor that make it quite entertaining. There were a few instances where I was reading a section and thought "oh this quote from Walt would be so relevant, or this movie reference would work here nicely." More often than not, as I read a little further, or read the little notebook quotes, it was exactly what I was thinking of. Then there are the little teasers about future projects like Rapunzel Unbraided and especially the quote from Mary-Jane Ruggels about doing an animal-caper, a mystery and Latin American based movie. I've made a point of collecting Disney books (I probably have at least half of those mentioned in the endnotes), yet this book still offered new stories and insights.

3.0 out of 5 stars Just OK, not a writing manual, July 14, 2010

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Celeste Thoms "Moviemaker330" (Rochester,NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Screenplay by Disney (Paperback)

My expectation was that this was a writing manual based on the techniques used at Disney. It didn't give any new information that most Disney fans already knew about Disney movies through other books, DVD features, and the like. I found myself scheming a majority of the book because it didn't really offer anything new and refreshing. I would recommend reading Disney bios, Walt:The Man Behind the Myth doc, and the Imagineers books if you want an inside look into Walt Disney and his world. You can even go to Youtube and find the same information.