Screenwriting for a Global Market - Selling your Scripts from Hollywood to Hong Kong

Foreword by Bernard Gordon ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Drink Locally, Write Globally 1(14) PART ONE. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY WAYS Chapter 1. Have Laptop and Passport, Will Travel Personal Takes on Worldwide Screenwriting 15(15) Chapter 2. The Hollywood Influence on Worldwide Screenwriting and International/Independent Influences on Hollywood 30(23) Chapter 3. Eight Worldwide Projects Up Close 53(44) PART TWO. A CARNIVAL OF WORLDWIDE SCREENWRITERS Chapter 4. New Zealand: Moving Beyond a National Cinema Andrea Bosshard 97(9) Chapter 5. After Naked Men and Wedding Bells Screenwriting in the United Kingdom in a New Century Phil Parker 106(7) Chapter 6. Through a Mythic Lens Randy Redroad-Snapp 113(6) Chapter 7. Screenwriting (and Filmmaking) in the Balkans Slobodan Sijan 119(9) Chapter 8. American TV Writing Musings of a Global Storyteller Karen Hall 128(306) Chapter 9. Lew Hunter's Worldwide Screenwriting 434 Lew Hunter 134(7) Chapter 10. Building a Screenplay: A Five-Act Paradigm, or, What Syd Field Didn't Tell You Rachid Nougmanov 141(11) Chapter 11. "I Want Movies to Surprise, Stimulate, and Shock Audiences": An Interview with Terry Gilliam Andrew Horton 152(7) Fade Out: Conclusions, New Beginnings 159(8) APPENDIXES Appendix 1. Print Resources 167(2) Appendix 2. The Internet and Screenwriting: FADEIN.com 169(3) Appendix 3. Americans Reaching Out 172(8) Appendix 4. Hooking into Hollywood and Beyond from Overseas 180(4) Appendix 5. Finding an Agent, Producer, or Guardian Angel 184(5) Appendix 6. A Recipe for Worldwide Salmon Out of Water 189(4) Bibliography 193(4) List of Contributors 197(2) Index 199