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book		Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting / William Goldman New York: Warner Books, 1984. Call No: 81GOL GOL Author: Goldman, William, 1931 Edition: [First paperback ed.] Place: New York Publisher: Warner Books PubDate: 1984 PhysDes: xiii, 594 p. Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITING; HOLLYWOOD; BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (US, George Roy Hill, 1969) Summary: "Expanded to include the full screenplay of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ISBN: 0446383864 (Can.); 446391174 (U.S.A.) LON: abn89270985; 6722351 More info
book		American screenwriters / [introduction and commentary by] Karl Schanzer & Thomas Lee Wright New York: Avon Books, c1993. Call No: 802.24(73) SCH Author: Wright, Thomas Lee, 1953; Schanzer, Karl Place: New York Publisher: Avon Books PubDate: c1993 PhysDes: xii, 274 p. ; 22 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; PRODUCTION DEALS; VALDEZ, LUIS; BLACK, SHANE; CAMERON, JAMES; PRICE, RICHARD; RUBIN, BRUCE JOEL; KHOURI, CALLIE; ROBINSON, PHIL ALDEN; SINGLETON, JOHN; DIXON, LESLIE; THOMPSON, CAROLINE; KAZAN, NICHOLAS; ESZTERHAS, JOE; RASCOE, JUDITH; GANZ, LOWELL; MANDEL, BABALOO; RICKMAN, THOMAS; BASS, RON ISBN: 0380767279 : $12.00 ($14.00 Can.) LON: 9905548 9905548 More info
Old collection book		Australian feature (fiction) films written, directed and produced by women 1970-1995 / Lisa French 1995. Call No: 462-02 (94) FRE v.2 Author: French, Lisa Source: AT PubDate: 1995 PhysDes: p. 123-135. ; 30 cm Subject: FILM WORKERS AUSTRALIA; FILM WORKERS. AUSTRALIA; WOMEN FILM WORKERS. AUSTRALIA; WOMEN FILMMAKERS. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCERS. AUSTRALIA; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA; DIRECTORS. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA. 1970's; AUSTRALIA. 1980's; AUSTRALIA. 1990's; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA Notes: 'This data base was prepared by Lisa French as an appendix to the thesis 'Do Contemporary Australian Women Filmmakers Share A Feminist Perspective In Their Work?' More info
book		Australian television writers : Ben Elton, Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, Chris Liley, Joanna Murray-Smith, Chas Licciardello, Kenneth G. Ross Memphis TN: Books LLC, 2010. Call No: 802.24 (94) AUS CorpAuthor: Books LLC Source: AT Place: Memphis TN Publisher: Books LLC PubDate: 2010 PhysDes: v, 121 p. ; 23 cm Subject: TELEVISION WORKERS. AUSTRALIA; SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Also available in an online version. Each author has hyperlinked version to the chapter. ISBN: 9781155613109 Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009 Contents: -- introduction -- Abe Forsythe -- Andrew Hansen -- Ben Elton -- Betty Quin -- Catherine Deveny -- Charles Firth (comedian) -- Chas Licciardello -- Chris Lilley (comedian) -- Chris Taylor (comedian) -- Christopher Lee (writer) -- Cliff Green -- Craig Reucassel -- Dominic Knight -- G K Saunders -- Gary McCaffrie -- Gary Reilly -- Geoffrey Atherden -- Gordon Wellesley -- Greg Haddrick -- Ian Smith (actor) -- Joanna Murray-Smith -- Julian Morrow -- Kenneth G. Ross -- Lynn Bayonas -- Mal Fletcher -- Marcia Gardner -- Marty Fields -- Patrea Smallacombe -- Peter Kenna -- Rick Kalowski -- Susan Bower -- Tristan Jepson -- Vanessa Yardley -- index More info
book		Backstory 4 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1970s and 1980s / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Call No: 802.24(73) BAC Author: McGilligan, Patrick Source: US Place: Berkeley Publisher: University of California Press PubDate: 2006 PhysDes: x, 423 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; BENTON, ROBERT; COHEN, LARRY; EDWARDS, BLAKE; HILL, WALTER; JHABVALA, RUTH PRAWER; KASDAN, LAWRENCE; LEONARD, ELMORE; MAZURSKY, PAUL; MEYERS, NANCY; MILIUS, JOHN; RAPHAEL, FREDERIC; WESTLAKE, DONALD; SARGENT, ALVIN Summary: "Continuing Patrick McGuilligan's highly acclaimed series on Hollywood screenwriters, these engrossing, informative, provocative interviews give wonderfull detailed and personal stories from veteran writers of the seventies and eighties focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Backstory 4 is a riveting insider's look at how movies get made; a rich perspective on many of the great films, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties; and an articulate, forthright commentary on the art and business of screenwriting."-- Back cover Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-396) and index ISBN: 9780520245181; 0520245180 (pbk. : alk. paper) Contents: -- acknowlegments -- introduction -- Robert Benton : the new traditionalist / interview by Christian Keathley -- Larry Cohen : manic energy / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Blake Edwards : jumping around / interview by Bill Krohn -- Walter Hill : last man standing / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala : out of India / interview by Vincent LoBrutto -- Lawrence Kasdan : a humanist in Hollywood / interview by Graham Fuller -- Elmore Leonard : the hot kid / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Paul Mazursky : a map of the heart / interview by Nat Segaloff -- Nancy Meyers : late bloomer / interview by Fred Topel -- John Milius : the good fights / interview by Nat Segaloff -- Frederic Raphael : renaissance man / interview by John Baxter -- Alvin Sargent : pursuit and destination / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Donald E. Westlake : the worst that could happen / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- bibliographic notes -- about the contributors -- general index -- index of films, plays, and books -- More info
book		Backstory 5 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1990s / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Call No: 802.24(73) BAC Author: McGilligan, Patrick Source: US Place: Berkeley Publisher: University of California Press PubDate: 2010 PhysDes: viii, 252 p. ; 23 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; BROOKS, ALBERT; CARRIERE, JEAN-CLAUDE; EPHRON, NORA; HARWOOD, RONALD; HUGHES, JOHN (US); KOEPP, DAVID; LAGRAVENESE, RICHARD; LEVINSON, BARRY; ROTH, ERIC; SAYLES, JOHN; STOPPARD, TOM; TURNER, BARBARA; WURLITZER, RUDY Summary: "The thirteen featured writers are not confined to the 1990s, but their engrossing, detailed, and richly personal stories create, in McGilligan's words, a 'snapshot of a profession in motion.' Emphasizing the craft of writing and the process of collaboration, this new volume looks at how Hollywood is changing to meet new economic and creative challenges." -- Back cover Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes ISBN: 9780520260399 Contents: -- acknowledgements -- introduction -- Albert Brooks: me generation everyman / Interview by Gavin Smith -- Jean-Claude Carrie`re: breaking the rules / interview by Mikael Colville-Andersen -- Nora Ephron: feminist with a funny bone / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Ronald Harwood: imagination / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- John Hughes: straight outta Shermer / interview by William Ham -- David Koepp: sincerity / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Richard LaGravenese: a writer under the influence / interview by Tom Matthews -- Barry Levinson: the journey / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Eric Roth: pride of authorship / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- John Sayles: the nonconformist / interview by Nick Dawson -- Tom Stoppard: adventures in movies / interview by Vincent Lobrutto -- Barbara Turner: free spirit / interview by Patrick McGilligan -- Rudy Wurlitzer: questing / interview by Lee Hill -- abiut the contributors -- general index -- index of films, plays, books -- More info
book		A casebook on film / Charles Thomas Samuels New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970. Call No: 62(04) SAM Author: Samuels, Charles Thomas Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold PubDate: 1970 PhysDes: 250 p. ; 24 cm Subject: THEORY; AESTHETICS; CRITICISM; ACTING; SCRIPTWRITERS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; GANGSTERS IN FILMS; HOLLYWOOD; GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967); BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967); BLOWUP (UK/IT, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1966) Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 1:12:39 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		The Cineaste interviews : on the art and politics of the cinema / Dan Georgakas, Lenny Rubenstein Chicago: Lake View Press, c1983. Call No: 45:32 CIN Author: Georgakas, Dan; Rubenstein, Lenny CorpAuthor: Cineaste Source: US Place: Chicago Publisher: Lake View Press PubDate: c1983 PhysDes: xiv, 396 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: BERTOLUCCI, BERNARDO; CANBY, VINCENT; COSTA-GAVRAS, CONSTANTIN; CRITICISM; FASSBINDER, RAINER WERNER; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; FONDA, JANE; GUTIERREZ ALEA, TOMAS; LITTIN, MIGUEL; MAKAVEJEV, DUSAN; PARKS, GORDON; PETRI, ELIO; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; PONTECORVO, GILLO; Ray, Satyajit; ROCHA, GLAUBER; ROSI, FRANCESCO; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO; SARRIS, ANDREW; SAYLES, JOHN; SCHRADER, PAUL; SCRIPTWRITERS; SEMBENE, OUSMANE; TAVERNIER, BERTRAND; WERTMULLER, LINA; Writers Guild of America; VARDA, AGNES; WAJDA, ANDRZEJ; ZANUSSI, KRZYSZTOF Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0941702022 : $25.00 LON: 2921398 More info
book		George Lucas : the making of his movies / Chris Salewicz London: Orion, 1998. Call No: 81LUC SAL Author: Salewicz, Chris Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Orion PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm Subject: DIRECTORS. USA; LUCASFILM; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; WARNER BROS.; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; KURTZ, GARY; LUCAS, GEORGE; AMERICAN GRAFFITI (US, George Lucas, 1973); EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE (US, Irvin Kershner, 1980); INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (US, Steven Spielberg, 1984); KAGEMUSHA (JA, Akira Kurosawa, 1980); RETURN OF THE JEDI (US, Richard Marquand, 1983); STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); THX 1138 4EB (US, George Lucas, 1967) Notes: Bibliography: p.[140]-141 ISBN: 0752813188 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Going to the cinema / Andrew Buchanan London: Phoenix House, 1947. Call No: 611.62 BUC Author: Buchanan, Andrew Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Phoenix House PubDate: 1947 PhysDes: 160 p. ; 22cm Series: 'Excursions' series for young people Subject: CINEMA; PRODUCERS; SCRIPTWRITERS; ACTORS; CINEMATOGRAPHY Summary: The book looks at films, and what make some better than others. It looks at what goes on in a studio, and how producer, director, cameraman, scenarist, script writer, lighting experts and actors work together to produce the finished picture More info
book		Hollywood now / William Fadiman; foreword by Irving Wallace New York: Liveright, 1972. Call No: 201.1(794) FAD Author: Fadiman, William Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Liveright PubDate: 1972 PhysDes: 174 p. ; 22cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; AGENTS; DIRECTION; DIRECTORS. USA; ACTORS; ACTORS. USA; STARS; SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; PRODUCERS; PRODUCERS. USA Summary: This book deals with all aspects of movie making and the film community in Hollywood ISBN: 0871405563 More info
book		Hollywood speaks! : an oral history / Mike Steen New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. Call No: 71(73) STE Author: Steen, Mike Source: US Place: New York Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: 379 p. ; 21 cm Subject: FILM WORKERS; ACTORS; ACTING; CHARACTER ACTORS; SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITING; DIRECTION; PRODUCERS; PRODUCING; PRODUCTION MANAGERS; PRODUCTION MANAGING; ASSISTANT DIRECTORS; CINEMATOGRAPHERS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ART DIRECTION; ART DIRECTORS; SET DESIGNING; SET DESIGNERS; COSTUME DESIGNERS; COSTUME DESIGNING; MAKE-UP ARTISTS; MAKE-UP; SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNERS; SPECIAL EFFECTS; MUSICALS; CHOREOGRAPHY; EDITING; EDITORS; SOUND; MUSIC IN FILMS; PRE-PRODUCTION; CASTING; PRODUCTION, TV; FONDA, HENRY; RUSSELL, ROSALIND; MOOREHEAD, AGNES; CANNON, DAVID; STERN, STEWART; WELLMAN, WILLIAM; BERMAN, PANDRO S.; PRATT, JAMES; MOONJEAN, HANK; HENDERSON, RANDELL; HOWE, JAMES WONG; AMES, PRESTON; KRAMS, ARTHUR; HEAD, EDITH; WESTMORE, PERC; MANLEY, NELLIE; GILLESPIE, A. ARNOLD; BERKELEY, BUSBY; SMITH, FREDERICK Y.; FREERICKS, BERNARD; GREEN, JOHN; LAWRENCE, CATALINA; BURCH, RUTH; ROACH, HAL; MCCLEERY, ALBERT Summary: "'Hollywood Speaks' is a fascinating collection of interviews with the dazzled and the dazzlers, the multitalented professionals - stars and stagehands alike - who make up the motion-picture industry. Each interview follows the same general format: an extensive autobiographical sketch, the 'big break, or how I got into Hollywood', followed by the techniques and problems, the tricks and plain hard work, that go into the making of movies. The interviews are loaded with humour, bitter feuds, and personal anecdotes of the great and near great." (Taken from back cover) ISBN: 39911162X Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
journal article		In Camera : Writer Shortage in Lumiere (October, 1973) iss.28 p.4 PhysDes: Article Subject: AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD; LONG, JOAN; INDUSTRY, TV. AUSTRALIA; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Brief article featuring Joan Long, president of the Australian Writers Guild, on the shortage of experienced television drama writers in Australia. More info
book		J.J. Abrams : interviews / Edited by Brent Dunham The United States: University Press of Mississippi, 2019. Call No: 81ABR INT Author: Dunham, Brent, (editor.) Source: US Place: The United States Publisher: University Press of Mississippi PubDate: 2019 PhysDes: xlviii, 182 pages ; 23 cm. Series: Conversations with filmmakers series Subject: DIRECTORS; PRODUCERS; SCRIPTWRITERS; USA; ABRAMS, J.J; LOST [TV] (US, 2004 -); LOST [TV], (US, 2004 -); MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III (US, J. J. Abrams. 2006); STAR TREK (US/G, J.J. Abrams, 2009); STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (US, J.J.Abrams, 2013); STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (US, J.J. Abrams, 2015); SUPER 8 (US, J.J. Abrams, 2011) Summary: "Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams (b. 1966) decided to be a filmmaker at the age of eight after his grandfather took him on the back-lot tour of Universal Studios. Throughout his career, Abrams has dedicated his life to storytelling and worked tirelessly to become one of the best-known and most-successful creators in Hollywood. The thirty interviews collected in this volume span Abrams's entire career, covering his many projects from television and film to video games and theater. The volume also includes a 1982 article about Abrams as a teen sensation whose short film High Voltage won the Audience Award at a local film festival and garnered the attention of Steven Spielberg. Beginning his career as a screenwriter on films like Regarding Henry and Armageddon, Abrams transitioned into a TV mogul with hit shows like Alias and Lost. Known for his imaginative work across several genres, from science fiction and horror to action and drama, Abrams's most successful films include Mission: Impossible III; Star Trek; and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which went on to become the highest grossing film of all time in the United States. His production company, Bad Robot, has produced innovative genre projects like Cloverfield and Westworld. Abrams also cowrote a novel with Doug Dorst called S. and, most recently, he produced the Broadway run of The Play That Went Wrong. In conversations with major publications and independent blogs, Abrams discusses his long-standing collaborations with others in the field, explains his affinity for mystery, and describes his approach to creating films like those he gravitated to as a child, revealing that the award-winning director-writer-producer is a fan before he is a filmmaker."-- FROM BLURB. Notes: Includes index, includes filmography, includes chronology. ISBN: 9781496820426 Donation: Senses of Cinema Contents: Beardless Wonders of Film Making - Robert Young/1982 -- From the Archives: J. J. Abrams Interview Regarding Superman - Ed Gross/2002 -- TV Producer J. J. Abrams on Creating Lost - David Bianculli/2004 -- J. J. Abrams - Mission: Impossible III - Peter Canavese/2006 -- Interview: J. J. Abrams and Michelle Monaghan - Clint Morris/2006 -- J. J. Abrams - George Stephanopoulas/2006 -- The Mystery Box - J. J. Abrams/2007 -- J. J. Abrams - Noel Murray/2008 -- Star Trek: J. J. Abrams Interview - John Hiscock/2009 -- J. J. Abrams Takes on a Soaring Franchise - Paul Fischer/2009 -- Star Trek: 3. J. Abrams Interview - Rob Carnevale/2009 -- J. J. Abrams - Charlie Rose/2009 -- Director of Star Trek: Into Darkness, Star Wars, and the Lost Finale - Paul Byrne/2009 J. J. Abrams Not Worried about Writer's Block on Fringe - Tyrone Warner/2010 -- An Interview with Super 8 Director J. J. Abrams - Matthew Pejkovic/2011 -- An Interview with J. J. Abrams, Director of Super 8 - Matthew Toomey/2011 -- Contents note continued: Interview: Super 8 Director J. J. Abrams! - Chris Eggertsen/2011 -- J. J. Abrams Talks Super 8, Bad Robot, Lens Flares, Lost, Spielberg, and the Mystery Box - Peter Sciretta/2011 J. J. Abrams: The "Super" Career of a Movie-Crazed Kid - Terry Gross/2011 J. J. Abrams Interview - Abbie Bernstein/2011 -- Interview: J. J. Abrams -Star Trek: Into Darkness - Iamag.co/2013 -- J. J. Abrams Interview for Star Trek: Into Darkness - John Hiscock/2013 -- Meet the Author: Jonathan Tropper, J. J. Abrams, and Doug Dorst - Jonathan Tropper/2013 -- J. J. Abrams: Hollywood's Renaissance Man - Horatia Harrod/2014 -- Believe: J. J. Abrams Interview UKTV/2014 -- Interview with J. J. Abrams - Andrew Fish/2015 -- J. J. Abrams: The Force Awakens Interview - Tara Salinas/2015 J. J. Abrams Talks 10 Cloverfield Lane, the "Clover-Verse," Cannibal Airlines, and More - Peter Sciretta/2016 J. J. Abrams Interview / Erik Nagel/2017. More info
book		Kiss Hollywood goodbye / Anita Loos Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, c1974. Call No: 81LOO LOO Author: Loos, Anita Source: UK Place: Harmondsworth Publisher: Penguin Books PubDate: 1979, c1974 PhysDes: 217 p. ; 18 cm Subject: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; HOLLYWOOD; LOOS, ANITA Summary: An autobiographical account of Anita Loos' career in scriptwriting and her recollections of Hollywood from the 1920's onwards. Notes: Filmography: p. 205-216 ISBN: 014004602X More info
book		Literary life : a second memoir / Larry McMurty New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. Call No: 81MCM MCM Author: McMurty, Larry Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Simon and Schuster PubDate: 2009 PhysDes: 175 pages ; 23 cm Subject: CRITICISM; FILM WORKERS; SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITING; BOGDANOVICH, PETER; MCMURTRY, LARRY; LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE (US, Peter Bogdanovich, 1971); LONESOME DOVE (US, Simon Wincer, 1989) Summary: "Larry McMurtry is that rarest of artists, a prolific and genre-transcending writer who has delighted generations with his witty and elegant prose. In LITERARY LIFE, the sequel to BOOKS, he expounds on the private trials and triumphs of being a writer. From his earliest inkling of his future career while at Rice University, to his tenure as a Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford with Ken Kesey in 1960, to his incredible triumphs as a best-selling author, this intimate and charming autobiography is replete with literary anecdotes and packed with memorable observations about writing, writers, and the author himself. It is a work to be cherished not only by McMurtry's admirers, but by the innumerable aspiring writers who seek to make their own mark on American literature." [BOOK BLURB] ISBN: 9781439159941 Donation: Simon Wincer More info
journal article		Love thy writer in Lumiere (December, 1973) iss.30 p.22-24 Author: Lander, Harold PhysDes: Article Subject: AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Lander lamenting the process and environment of script writing for film and television in Australia. More info
book		Naked Hollywood : money, power, and the movies / Nicolas Kent London: BBC Books, 1991. Call No: 46(794) KEN Author: Kent, Nicolas CorpAuthor: Naked Hollywood (Television program) Place: London Publisher: BBC Books PubDate: 1991 PhysDes: 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; DIRECTORS. USA; STARS. USA; PRODUCERS. USA; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; STUDIOS, FILM. USA; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD; SELZNICK, DAVID O.; POLLACK, SYDNEY; CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY; SONY CORPORATION Notes: Companion book to the television series Naked Hollywood; Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-251) and index ISBN: 0563360828 LON: 7714013 More info
book		The new film history : sources, methods, approaches / edited by James Chapman, Mark Glancy and Sue Harper Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Call No: 70 (04) CHA Author: Chapman, James and Glancy, Mark and Harper, Sue Source: UK Place: Basingstoke, Hampshire Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: xi, 256p. : 23cm. Subject: MOTION PICTURES - HISTORY; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; CRIMINALS IN FILMS; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK; SCRIPTWRITERS; MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (US, Peter Weir, 2003); NOW, VOYAGER (US, Irving Rapper, 1942); GONE WITH THE WIND (US, Victor Fleming, 1939); GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981); BLACKMAIL (UK, Alfred Hitchcock, 1929); BLACK NARCISSUS (UK, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947); WICKER MAN, THE (UK, Robin Hardy, 1973); FONDA, JANE; BERGMAN, INGMAR Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents:; Gone with the wind (1939) and the lost cause : a critical view / Melvyn Stokes; History and representation : the case of 1970s British cinema / Sue Harper 27; Gallipoli (1981) : 'a poignant search for national identity' / Mark Connelly 41; 'This ship is England' : history, politics and national identity in Master and commander : the far side of the world (2003) / James Chapman 55; Art in context : British film design of the 1940s / Laurie Ede 73; The author as author : restoring the screenwriter to British film history / Andrew Spicer 89; When 'Hanoi Jane' conquered Hollywood : Jane Fonda's films and activism, 1977-81 / Peter Kramer 104; The politics of the swashbuckler / Jeffrey Richards 119; The Stalinist musical / Richard Taylor 137; Now, voyager (1942) : melodrama then and now / Martin Shingler 152; From gangsta to gangster : the hood film's criminal allegiance with Hollywood / Jonathan Munby 166; Blackmail (1929), Hitchcock and film nationalism / Mark Glancy 185; British cinema, American reception : Black Narcissus (1947) and the legion of decency / Sarah Street 201; Studying cross-cultural marketing and reception : Ingmar Bergman's Persona (1966) / Ingrid Stigsdotter, and Tim Bergfelder 215; The wicker man (1973) email digest : a case study in Web ethnography / Justin Smith 229 ISBN: 9780230001695 Language: English More info
book		On screen writing / Edward Dmytryck Boston: Focal Press, 1985. Call No: 224.816(73) DMY Author: Dmytryck, Edward Source: US Place: Boston Publisher: Focal Press PubDate: 1985 PhysDes: 180 p. ; 20 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA Summary: "This book provides practices, and problems of screen writing, adaptation, a subject often overlooked in scriptwriting books" -- Taken from back cover of the book Notes: "Filmography of Edward Dmytryk": p. 179-180 ISBN: 0240517539 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
journal article		Open letter to writers in Encore (Feb 2000) vol.18 iss.1 p.14 Author: Jeffrey, Tom A. PhysDes: Letter Subject: SCREEN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Jeffrey responds to a letter from "angry writers" about writers' fees. He outlines the Series and Serials Agreement between SPPA and AWG. More info
journal article		Original blasts : John O'Brien speaks to Needeya Islam about A Wreck A Tangle, other film projects and the screenwriter's vision in Realtime (Oct-Nov 1999) iss.33 p.13-14 Author: O'Brien, John PhysDes: Interview; Illustration(s) Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA; O'BRIEN, JOHN; WRECK A TANGLE, A (AT, Scott Patterson, 1999) Summary: John O'Brien discusses his first feature film and short film scripts, and the collaborative filmmaking process with director Scott Patterson. More info
Interim book		The Pool : RMIT screenwriters directory 2000 / edited by Jim Howes Melbourne: RMIT University. Department of Creative Media, 1999. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 058.7(94) POO Place: Melbourne Publisher: RMIT University. Department of Creative Media PubDate: 1999 Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA More info
Interim book		The Pool : professional screenwriting students directory 2001 Melbourne: RMIT University. School of Creative Media, 2001. Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 058.7(94) POO Source: AT Place: Melbourne Publisher: RMIT University. School of Creative Media PubDate: 2001 Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA More info
book		The pool : screenwriting students 1998 resource directory / edited by Abbe Holmes Melbourne : RMIT University. Department of Creative Media, 1998: Call No: REFERENCE SECTION; 058.7(94) POO Place: Melbourne : RMIT University. Department of Creative Media, 1998 PhysDes: [32 p.] ; 30 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Cover title LON: abn98372660; 14236464 More info
book		Red women on the silver screen : Soviet women and cinema from the beginning to the end of the communist era / Lynne Attwood with Maya Turovskaya ... [et al.] ; translations by Lynne Attwood and Kirsten Sams London: Pandora, 1993. Call No: 451-02(47) RED Author: Attwood, Lynne; Turovskad+8a, Maid+8a Iosifovna Place: London Publisher: Pandora PubDate: 1993 PhysDes: 272 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cm Subject: USSR; PROPAGANDA FILMS. USSR; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA. USSR; WOMEN IN FILMS. USSR; WOMEN FILMMAKERS. USSR; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USSR; SCRIPTWRITERS. USSR; SEX IN FILMS. USSR; GOGOBERIDZE, LANA; ZVEREVA, MARIA; KAMALOVA, KAMARA; TSURTSUMIYA, MARINA; GOLDOVSKAYA, MARINA; LOGINOVA, TATJANA; KOMISSAR (UR, Aleksandr Askol'dov, 1987[prod. 1967]) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 261-264 ISBN: 0044405618 (pbk.) : ¦12.99 LON: bnb04440561; 9741309 More info
Interim book		Report: AFC script editing fellowship / Amanda Higgs [Australia]: [s.n.], May 1996. Call No: 224.3(94) HIG Author: Higgs, Amanda Source: AT Place: [Australia] Publisher: [s.n.] PubDate: May 1996 PhysDes: 12 l. Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; SCRIPTWRITING; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; CHICAGO HOPE [TV] (US, 1994 - ); PICKET FENCES [TV] (US, 1992 - ); ER [TV] (US, 1994 - ) More info
book		Rewriting indie cinema : improvisation, psychodrama, and the screenplay / J.J Murphy New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. Call No: 224(73) MUR Author: Murphy, Murphy Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Columbia University Press PubDate: 2019 PhysDes: xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subject: SCRIPTS; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; CASSAVETES, JOHN; LODEN, BARBARA; GREAVES, WILLIAM; VAN SANT, GUS; SWANBERG, JOE; MEKAS, JONAS; WARHOL, ANDY; CLARKE, SHIRLEY; MAILER, NORMAN; FERRARA, ABEL; KEITEL, HARVEY; VAN SANT, GUS; SWANBERG, JOE Summary: "Most films rely on a script developed in pre-production. Yet beginning in the 1950s and continuing through the recent mumblecore movement, key independent filmmakers have broken with the traditional screenplay. Instead, they have turned to new approaches to scripting that allow for more complex characterization and shift the emphasis from the page to performance.In Rewriting Indie Cinema, J. J. Murphy explores these alternative forms of scripting and how they have shaped American film from the 1950s to the present. He traces a strain of indie cinema that used improvisation and psychodrama, a therapeutic form of improvised acting based on a performer’s own life experiences. Murphy begins in the 1950s and 1960s with John Cassavetes, Shirley Clarke, Barbara Loden, Andy Warhol, Norman Mailer, William Greaves, and other independent directors who sought to create a new type of narrative cinema. In the twenty-first century, filmmakers such as Gus Van Sant, the Safdie brothers, Joe Swanberg, and Sean Baker developed similar strategies, sometimes benefitting from the freedom of digital technology. In reading key films and analyzing their techniques, Rewriting Indie Cinema demonstrates how divergence from the script has blurred the divide between fiction and nonfiction. Showing the ways in which filmmakers have striven to capture the subtleties of everyday behavior, Murphy provides a new history of American indie filmmaking and how it challenges Hollywood industrial practice." -- Taken from Trove Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 9780231191975 Donation: Senses of Cinema Contents: Introduction. Across the spectrum: from improvisation to psychodrama -- And I hate actors: the new American cinema -- Let's not phony it up anymore: the films of John Cassavetes -- Place-based realism: Mackenzie, Loden, and Burnett -- Experiments in psychodrama: Mekas, Warhol, Clarke, and Mailer -- Human life isn't necessarily well-written: the films of William Greaves: symbiopsychotaxiplasm: take one and take 2 1/ 2 -- Beyond the method: Abel Ferrara and Harvey Keitel -- Tied to a machine: the films of Gus Van Sant -- Like how you talk: the films of Joe Swanberg -- Improvisation and place: Putty Hill, Stand clear of the closing doors, and the films of Sean Baker -- Rediscovering psychodrama: Frownland, Heaven knows what, and Stinking heaven -- The line between reality and staging: Actor Martinez, Actress, and The witness -- Conclusion: blending fiction and documentary More info
book		Screenwriter : words become pictures / by Lee Server Pittstown, N.J.: Main Street Press, 1987. Call No: 802.25(73) Author: Server, Lee Edition: 1st ed Place: Pittstown, N.J. Publisher: Main Street Press PubDate: 1987 PhysDes: 256 p. : ill. ; 27 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS; BENNETT, CHARLES; BEZZERIDES, A.I.; BRECHER, IRVING; BRIGHT, JOHN; DUNNE, PHILIP; LUDWIG, WILLIAM; PERRIN, NAT; RIVKIN, ALLEN; ROOT, WELLS; SCOTT, ALLAN; SIODMAK, CURT; TURNEY, CATHERINE Notes: Includes index; Filmography: p. 242-247; Bibliography: p. 249 ISBN: 1555620183 : $22.50; 1555620175 (pbk.) : $14.95 LON: 5176716 More info
book		Screenwriters and screenwriting : putting practice into context / edited by Craig Batty. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Call No: 224 SCR Author: Batty, Craig Source: UK Place: Basingstoke Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan PubDate: 2014 PhysDes: xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; SCRIPTWRITERS Summary: This is an innovative, fresh and lively book that is useful for both screenwriting practice and academic study. It is international in scope, with case studies and analyses from the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, Ireland and Denmark. The book presents a distinctive collection of chapters from creative academics and critical practitioners that serve one purpose: to put aspects of screenwriting practice into their relevant contexts. Focusing on how screenplays are written, developed and received, the contributors challenge assumptions of what screenwriting studies might be, and celebrates the role of the screenwriter in the creation of a screenplay. It is intended to be thought provoking and stimulating, with the ultimate aim of inspiring current and future screenwriting practitioners and scholars. -- back of book Notes: Includes bibliographical references ISBN: 9781137338921 Contents: Introduction -- Screenwriters and their screenplays. White space: an approach to the practice of screenwriting as poetry / Elisabeth Lewis Corley and Joseph Megel -- Narrating voices in the screenplay text: how the writer can direct the reader's visualisations of the potential film / Ann Ingelstrom -- Writing horror: blending theory with practice / Shaun Kimber -- Beyond the screenplay: memoir and family relations in three films by Gaylene Preston / Hester Joyce -- Costume as character arc: how emotional transformation is written into the dressed body / Craig Batty -- Screenwriting and the development process. Developing the screenplay: stepping into the unknown / Margot Nash -- "The Irish Film Board: gatekeeper or facilitator?: the experience of the Irish screenwriter / Døo´g O'Connell -- First impressions: debut features by Irish screenwriters / Susan Liddy -- "Sorry blondie, I don't do backstory!" script editing: the invisible craft / Paul Wells -- Scripting the real: Mike Leigh's practice as antecedent to contemporary reality tv texts the only way is Essex and made in Chelsea / Peri Bradley -- Screenwriting and authorship. Based on a true story: negotiating collaboration, compromise and authorship in the script development process / Alec McAulay -- Sarah Phelps on writing television: adaptation, collaboration, and the screenwriter's voice / Kate Iles -- Working the writers' room: the context, the creative space and the collaborations of Danish television series Borgen / Eva Novrup Redvall -- And the screenwriter created man: male characterisation in bromance and bromedy / Helen Jacey -- Gals who make the jokes: feature film screenwriting for the satirical female voice / Marilyn Tofler -- Self-reflexive screenwriting and LGBT identity: framing and indirectly reading the self / Christopher Pullen. More info
newspaper article		Scribes 'written out of the picture' on royalties in The Australian (07/03/2016) p.3 Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; SCREENRIGHTS Author: Rushton, Gina PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SCREENRIGHTS; ROYALITIES; AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on a lawsuit by 2400 Australian screenwriters lodged again the Screenrights organisation in regards to the lack of royalties paid. Quoted are Jam Sardi, Kingston Anderson, and spokesperson from Screenrights More info
Online resource digital clippings file		SCRIPTWRITERS Digital clippings file available Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; DIGITAL CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS URL status: URL: 'http://file://Q:/S/SCRIPTWRITERS.zip' Checked: 31/08/2021 12:57:35 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
subject clippings file		SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA More info
journal article		Short cuts in Metro (2000) iss.121/122 p.5-7 Author: Kaufman, Tina PhysDes: Editorial Subject: AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION. WOMEN'S PROGRAM; CENSORSHIP. AUSTRALIA; COPYRIGHT. AUSTRALIA; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Article covers: AFC cuts to women's programme; the formation of NetAlert, a new community advisory body on internet content; the issue of moral rights; and the current state of working conditions for television drama writers. More info
book		The Soul of Screenwriting : on writing, dramatic truth, and knowing yourself / Keith Cunningham New York: Continuum, c2008. Call No: 224 CUN Author: Cunningham, Keith Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Continuum PubDate: c2008 PhysDes: 478 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: SCRIPTS; SCRIPTWRITERS; SCRIPTWRITING Summary: "In The Soul of Screenwriting, Keith Cunningham distils the wisdom of more than twenty years of his screenwriting and story development seminars. Starting from within the writer's creative experience, he asks two crucial and often overlooked questions: how do we get to the core of our story? And how do we balance our concern for the finished product with our own creative processes? Uniquely inspired by the work of mythologist Joeseph Campbell and psychologist Jean Houston, The Soul of Screenwriting demonstrates that good storytelling requires much more than hitting the big "plot points" with exciting action. Cunningham argues that it is only stories that have a voice that truly speak to the audience - and to gain that voice, the writer needs commitment, enthusiasm, and an urge to get to the core of the dramatic conflict without resorting to escapism. Much more than just another "screenwriting by numbers" book, The Soul of Screenwriting is a big, bold, and holistic approach to the subject that will resonate with anyone who has ever sat down in front of a blank page, burning with the ambition to write a great screenplay. " -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 9780826428691 Contents: Pt. 1. The Living Story -- Ch. 1. The Night of the King Coho -- Ch. 2. Mirrored in the Story -- Ch. 3. The Mythic Dimension of Screenwriting -- Ch. 4. Need vs. Mode, The Core of Conflict -- Ch. 5. The Story Molecule -- Ch. 6. Character Webs and Story Worlds -- Ch. 7. Orchestrating Character and Style -- Pt. 2. Plot and the Dynamics of Creation -- Ch. 8. The Soul of drama -- Ch. 9. The Journey in Four Movements -- Ch. 10. Act, Sequence, Scene, Beat: The Dramatic Present -- Ch. 11. The Sixteen Story Steps -- Ch. 12. The Creative Journey of Story Development -- Epilogue: Writing Practice is Life Practice -- More info
book		Talking pictures : screenwriters in the American cinema / Richard Corliss ; pref. by Andrew Sarris New York: Penguin Books, 1975, c1974. Call No: 802.24(73) COR Author: Corliss, Richard Place: New York Publisher: Penguin Books PubDate: 1975, c1974 PhysDes: xxviii, 398 p. ; 20 cm Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; STURGES, PRESTON; TASHLIN, FRANK; AXELROD, GEORGE; KOCH, HOWARD; WILDER, BILLY; COMDEN, BETTY; GREEN, ADOLPH; GORDON, RUTH; MANKIEWICZ, JOSEPH L.; ROBINSON, CASEY; DAVES, DELMER; LARDNER, RING, Jr.; BENTON, ROBERT; SOUTHERN, TERRY; SEGAL, ERICH; HENRY, BUCK; FEIFFER, JULES; NEWMAN, DAVID; TRUMBO, DALTON; FURTHMAN, JULES; BUCHMAN, SIDNEY; RYSKIND, MORRIE; MAYER, EDWIN JUSTUS; LEDERER, CHARLES; BRACKETT, CHARLES; NUGENT, FRANK S.; JOHNSON, NUNNALLY; LEHMAN, ERNEST; KANIN, GARSON; RISKIN, ROBERT; NICHOLS, DUDLEY; MANKIEWICZ, HERMAN J.; KRASNA, NORMAN; STONE, PETER; CHASE, BORDEN; POLONSKY, ABRAHAM; RAPHAELSON, SAMSON; HECHT, BEN ISBN: 0140040897 : $4.95 ($5.50 Can) LON: 279480 More info
serial		Viewpoint : the bulletin of the Australian Writers' Guild / Australian Writers Guild Sydney: Australian Writers Guild, 1974. Call No: held no.98- v. 26, no.11 July 1983-Dec 1997 lacks no.104,108,161 CorpAuthor: Australian Writers' Guild; Viewpoint (North Sydney, N.S.W.) Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Writers Guild PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: v. ; 21 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Continued by: Writer Writer; Caption title; Subtitle varies; 1980- subtitle lacking LON: abn87136289; 5309151 More info
book		Who killed Hollywood? : - and put the tarnish on tinseltown / Peter Bart Los Angeles, CA: Renaissance Books, c1999. Call No: 210.31(73) BAR Author: Bart, Peter Edition: 1st ed Source: US Place: Los Angeles, CA Publisher: Renaissance Books PubDate: c1999 PhysDes: 399 p. ; 24 cm Subject: HOLLYWOOD; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; DIRECTORS. USA; PRODUCERS. USA; SCRIPTWRITERS. USA; ACTORS; BASS, RON; BEATTY, WARREN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; COSTNER, KEVIN; EISNER, MICHAEL; Gibson, Mel; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-); KATZENBERG, JEFFREY; NICHOLS, MIKE; NICHOLSON, JACK; OVITZ, MIKE; POLANSKI, ROMAN; REDFORD, ROBERT; RIFKIN, ARNOLD; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; STALLONE, SYLVESTER; WILDER, BILLY Summary: "Who killed hollywood? is a passionate love/hate letter to the film industry. In it, Peter Bart pulls together his best columns from Variety and GQ. He groups them, juxtaposes them, and interprets them, outlining in detail the history and inner workings of Hollywood. This could only be done by someone powerful enough to phone any star or head of studio and have his calls taken on the first ring. In story after story, Bart shows how the major studios haver diverted thie energies away from production of the shrewdly crafted pictures that once made the industry powerful. There isn't, for example, much range or innovation in the movies of salable objects- natural disasters, aliens, dinosaurs, ghosts, monsters, or any combination thereof. All are subjects easily parlayed into theme-park environments, action figures, video games, and clothing lines. Similarly, since Jaws twenty years ago, there's been a very short list of acceptable settings. The 1998 Academy Award nominations for best picture all went to films set in Elizabethian times or during World War II. A few years ago it looked as though Pulp Fiction and other independent films were going to save showbiz. Now independent producers like Miramax and New Line have been acquired by the conglomerates. Who and what will resurrect Hollywood? Peter Bart has the answers." - BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes index ISBN: 1580631169 LON: 21362029 More info
serial		The writer : the magazine of the Australian Writers' Guild Kings Cross, N.S.W.: Australin Writers' Guild Ltd., 1998. Call No: held Vol.1 No.1- Vol. 2 no. 3 Nov. 1998-June 2000 CorpAuthor: Australian Writers' Guild; Writer (Kings Cross, N.S.W.) Source: AT Place: Kings Cross, N.S.W. Publisher: Australin Writers' Guild Ltd. PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: v. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Ceased publication June 2000. Continued by email broadcast news to members.; Continues Writer Writer; Cover title; Update issued in alternative months LON: abn98411489; 14292230 More info
serial		Writer writer Sydney: Australian Writers Guild, 1998. Call No: held v.1, no.1-v.1, n.7 Feb.1998- Aug. 1998 CorpAuthor: Australian Writers' Guild Source: AT Place: Sydney Publisher: Australian Writers Guild PubDate: 1998 PhysDes: v. ; 21 cm Subject: AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD; SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Continues: Viewpoint; Continued by: The Writer; Caption title ISSN: 1440-5008 LON: abn98062438; 13692539 More info
journal article		Writing in Lumiere (September-October 1971) iss.11 p.35-36 Author: Miller, Monte PhysDes: Article Subject: SCRIPTWRITERS. AUSTRALIA; CRAWFORD PRODUCTIONS; AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD Summary: Article by Crawford's writer Monty Miller on dramatic dialogue for television and films. More info
journal article		Writing for Hitch : an interview with Evan Hunter in Hitchcock annual (1995-96) p.117-125 Author: Silet, Charles L.P. PhysDes: Serial Subject: SCRIPTWRITING; SCRIPTWRITERS; FILMMAKING; HUNTER, EVAN; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; BIRDS, THE (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1963) Summary: An interview with "The Birds" scriptwriter Evan Hunter on the process and working with Alfred Hitchcock. More info

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