Writing, Making, and Distributing Your Short Film: How the Short Film Can Advance Your Craft and Career...

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Chris Easterly

Writing, Making, and Distributing Your Short Film

How the Short Film Can Advance Your Craft and Career

Chris Easterly

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Routledge
30 December 2024

Film movie scripts & screenplays

This book is a concise, practical guide to writing and making a successful short film. In an accessible and relatable tone, the book covers the filmmaking process from plot ideation to film distribution, without getting bogged down in the complicated details. Written by an experienced writer and filmmaker, the book shows you how to create content, from script to screen, that can connect with an audience. It does so by considering classic storytelling templates like Aristotle’s Three-Act Structure and Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey”, as well as examining a variety of successful short films—analyzing what makes them work, or not, and why. To support learning, it also provides a list of recommended short films to study, with brief background information on each. This is supplemented with the author’s personal experiences of writing and making films, along with exclusive insights from successful Hollywood and independent writers and producers. There are also questions and prompts at the end of each chapter, uniquely designed to guide the reader through the step-by-step process of writing their own short script. Students and professionals alike who want to craft and perfect their short films will find this to be an invaluable resource and a one-stop guide to success.

By: Chris Easterly
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032947235
ISBN 10: 1032947233
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 30 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Chapter 1: A Short History of Short Film, 2. Chapter 2: Why Make a Short Film?, 3. Chapter 3: What is a Short Film?, 4. Chapter 4: The Shortest Films: Commercials, 5. Chapter 5: Trailers and Stained Glass Windows, 6. Chapter 6: Coming Up with Ideas, 7. Chapter 7: Writing the Short Film, 8. Chapter 8: Rewriting, 9. Chapter 9: Making the Short Film, 10. Chapter 10: Getting Your Short Film Seen, 11. Chapter 11: A Short Future of Short Film

Chris Easterly is a professor in the Cinema-TV Department at Regent University, as well as a professional screenwriter and independent filmmaker, with two decades of experience in the entertainment industry. A graduate of the prestigious Warner Brothers Television Writers Workshop, Chris has written for Fox, Cartoon Network, NBC, Hallmark Channel, and others. Represented by Bauman Management in Los Angeles, he is a member of the Writers Guild of America. His feature directorial debut, Devil’s Hollow, was an official selection of the SOHO International Film Festival and was released in May 2023.