Hollywood Standard. Guide to screenplay format and style

The Hollywood standard is a scenario format recognized worldwide. The Hollywood Standard "Christopher Riley is a book that every screenwriter should have.
The producer is enough for one cursory glance at the script to understand: his author is a layman. The newcomer gives out ignorance of the principles of writing and designing the script, and, unfortunately, in this case even the most ingenious idea, being on paper, looks unconvincing.
Christopher Riley, a professional screenwriter who led the Warner Bros script processing department, knows more about the Hollywood standard than anyone in the film industry. In his book, he talks in detail about all the rules of the scenario format and explains how to embody any visual images born in your head in the text. Clear and understandable instructions and hundreds of examples will help to understand many questions that are at an impasse even experienced screenwriters:
- When do you need a new stage heading?
- How to arrange flashbacks and dreams?
- How to describe the features of shooting?
- How to indicate the beginning and end of the scene seen from the point of view of the character?
- What information should I put in the remark?
With examples of excerpts from the scripts of Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Taiki Waititi and other cult authors Riley show how, remaining in the strict framework of the classical scenario format, you can create innovative texts for the cinema.
"Hollywood Standard" withstood 3 reprints and for 17 years has remained a table book of famous Hollywood screenwriters, producers and showranders. Suitable for both professionals and novice screenwriters