Discover the secrets of writing the thriller film in this book which will have your audiences on the edge of their seats.
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Hicks, a professional screenwriter, has worked on two of the No. 1 box office films in the world: Rumble in the Bronx and First Strike.
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HOW TO MASTER THIS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT GENRE,
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This review is from: Writing the Thriller Film: The Terror Within (Michael Wiese Productions) (Paperback)
I bought this book to help me with my current script. I thought I was writing a thriller, but after reading it, I have discovered that I am really writing a horror story! At last, someone has finally dissected what a thriller IS and ISN'T. I need to see the RULES, and they are all here. Now I understand the genre. Mr. Hicks has done an outstanding job by explaining what it is and how to do it. His screenplay excerpts are excellent. I'm going to rent "Breakdown" this weekend and study the form.
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What the movie genre of the "thriller" expects,
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This review is from: Writing the Thriller Film: The Terror Within (Michael Wiese Productions) (Paperback)
Writing The Thriller Film: The Terror Within by professional screenwriter Neill D. Hicks ("Rumble in the Bronx", "First Strike") is a practical guide to creating a professional quality, tension-inducing, commercially viable movie script. Intended for authors who are already familiar with the basics of screenwriting, Writing The Thriller Film concentrates on what the movie genre of the "thriller" expects from a good script, how to make the narrative credible and engrossing, the qualities and actions needed for an engaging conflict between protagonist and antagonist, dramatic action as hard choices forced upon the characters, and more. Writing The Thriller Film explores the much-beloved genre in-depth and is an excellent and recommended primer for aspiring thriller and action movie screenwriters. Also highly recommended are Neill Hicks two other outstanding "how to" screenwriting instructionals: Writing the Action-Adventure Film: The Moment Of Truth (0941188396...), and Screenwriting 101: The Essential Craft Of Feature Film Writing (0941188728;...).
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The BEST there is on the Thiller genre,
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This review is from: Writing the Thriller Film: The Terror Within (Michael Wiese Productions) (Paperback)
Neill Hicks is a GENRE-OLOGIST of the highest degree. The author takes you on a tightly writtern journey into the conventions and principles of the Thriller genre. Just like a well told story, this non-fiction delight will have you saying "Oh Yeah, that's right" over and over. I have returned to his chapter "Character Ethos" multiple times, finding more depth in each reading. Even if you don't want to write a Thriller, this work will help you grasp the nuances of genre in general. Written with authority and humor, I highly recommend this book.
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If you've ever fought back a mini-psychotic break while scrambling through the warehouse of videos at your local rental outlet in search of a particular movie, or even tried to locate a film by category in the massive Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), you know how aggravating a lack of standard organization for film genres can be. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pivotal conflict, bounded world, film genres Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Narrative Trajectory, Character Ethos, Days of the Condor, Cosmos of Credibility, Joe Turner, Roger Thornhill, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernest Lehman, Single White Female, Fairy Tale, Genre Continuum, George Kaplan, Marathon Man, Arlington Road, New York, Cary Grant, Jeff Taylor, United Nations, Wait Until Dark, Audrey Hepburn, Beautiful Mind, Enemy of the State, Kurt Russell, Sigourney Weaver New!
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If you've ever fought back a mini-psychotic break while scrambling through the warehouse of videos at your local rental outlet in search of a particular movie, or even tried to locate a film by category in the massive Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), you know how aggravating a lack of standard organization for film genres can be. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pivotal conflict, bounded world, film genres Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Narrative Trajectory, Character Ethos, Days of the Condor, Cosmos of Credibility, Joe Turner, Roger Thornhill, Alfred Hitchcock, Ernest Lehman, Single White Female, Fairy Tale, Genre Continuum, George Kaplan, Marathon Man, Arlington Road, New York, Cary Grant, Jeff Taylor, United Nations, Wait Until Dark, Audrey Hepburn, Beautiful Mind, Enemy of the State, Kurt Russell, Sigourney Weaver New!
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