Madison College Libraries Catalog
Madison College Libraries Catalog
Find books, ebooks, and audio-visual items in the library catalog. For items about the process of writing screenplays, try the terms Motion Picture Authorship, Screenplays, or Creative Writing.
Featured Books
Screenwriting by Call Number: 808.23 M478ISBN: 0240805127Publication Date: 200313 established screenwriters speak directly to the reader, allowing a rare insight into the creative process of the screenwriter.
Screenwriting That Matters by Call Number: 809.23 B424ISBN: 0415897157Publication Date: 2012Using examples from classic and recent popular films, explores the motivation and sensibility a screenwriter needs to embark on a social issue project, including specific models for structuring advocacy screenplays and lays out a roadmap for how screenwriters can get a social issue movie made.
Understanding Screenwriting: learning from good, not-quite-so-good, and bad screenplays by Call Number: 808.23 ST824ISBN: 0826429394Publication Date: 2008Delivers a practical how-to (or how-NOT-to) guide to writing a screenplay. Why study a bad screenplay? For the simple fact that it will train you to look for problems in your own work and avoid them in the future.
The Writer's Journey by Call Number: 808.23 V883ISBN: 0941188701Publication Date: 1998Vogler asserts that "all stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies." Uses movies like the Star Wars trilogy and The Lion King to defend his mythological philosophy.
Websites
- Script MagazineOffers articles written by working writers and filmmakers, indepth interviews, and more.
- Simply ScriptsDatabase of hundreds of downloadable scripts, movie scripts, screenplays, and transcripts of current, classic and maybe a few soon-to-be-released movies and television shows.
- TrelbyTrelby is a free and open source screenwriting software program.
Library Databases
- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window Subject Areas: General. Searches multiple EBSCO databases simultaneously.
- The Madison College Libraries provide online access to full-text magazine, newspaper and journal articles through our library subscription databases.
- To see all of our databases, click here: Find Articles Using the Library Databases.
- To access off-campus, enter your Madison College username and password.
- Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) This link opens in a new window Pros and cons on critical social issues. Great place to start your research.