Excellent Work This is a terrific companion to Jeff's fabulous book "Writing A Great Movie." "Script Analysis" is a great look at the ingredients that go into the recipe for a great film. Jeff uses his special tools of dramatic writing to show you how to dissect some famous films.
The key thing to remember: This is only a companion piece to "Writing A Great Movie." Read that first. Then read "Script Analysis" for a clearer picture of how the tools work to build great stories.
The tools Jeff teaches are amazing ways to analyze your current screenplay or build a new one.
Outstanding! Jeff Kitchen does it again! The screen writer's muse gives the would be writer another piece of the puzzle in Script Analysis. By demonstrating the tools the dramatist needs in works he or she is already familiar with the mystery of implementation is removed. At the end of the third analysis you have the methods firmly in your grasp and can begin using it on your own work. When used with his other books it gives you the ability to be your own script doctor.
Answer Key Script Analysis is like the Teacher's Guide/ Answer Key to his text, Writing A Great Movie (which I highly recommend). To get the most out of this book, I'd recommend you read Jeff Kitchen's other book, watch the three movies (the Godfather, Tootsie, Blade Runner), then try to work the tools on your own.(eg: how would you break down Act II of Tootsie into sequences?). Then you can compare your notes to Jeff Kitchen's. I would have liked some blank templates in the end, but I guess Mr. Kitchen assumes that most writers have enough blank paper.
Excellent ! The book is an excellent and necessary tool for any beginning or even established screenwriter. Ideas, analysis and the process of screenwriting are explained clearly, cleanly and intelligently through examples of great, well written genre films. A must for anyone who's either starting a career in screenwriting or wanting to improve their work. A must read!
Complete Waste of Paper - Page Filler - Shame Shame Shame! I was looking for a good analysis of Tootsie. The author gives a few pages of one liner analysis, then 10 pages of long list of single words, double spaced, then another 20 pages of repeatitive pointing out the obvious. Some of the pages are blank. Poor presented. Zero value. Shame on the author and the publisher.
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