About the Book:
The Screenwriters Guide to 50 Films from the Masters....
Designed for screenwriters, novelists, and
movie fans, Save the Cat! Goes to the Indies gives you the key
breakdowns of the 50 most instructional movies that fit both the
"independent" label and Blake Snyder's 15 beats.
In his best-selling second book, Save
the Cat! Goes to the Movies, author and screenwriter Blake
Snyder provided 50 "beat sheets" to 50 big-budget,
mostly studio-made films. Now his student, Salva Rubio,
applies Blake
Snyder's principles to 50 celebrated independent films (again
with 5 beat sheets for each of Blake's 10 genres).
From international sensations like The Blair Witch Project to
promising debuts like Pi, from small films that acquired cult
status like Texas Chain Saw Massacre to Euro-blockbusters like
The Full Monty, from unexpected gems like Before Sunrise
to textbook classics such as The 400 Blows, from Dogville
to Drive and Boogie Nights to Cinema Paradiso,
especially if you are a writer, this book reveals how screenwriters
who came before you tackled the same challenges you are facing with
the film you want to write — or the one you are currently working
on.
In Save the Cat! Goes to the Indies,
you'll find beat sheets for works from Quentin Tarantino,
Steven Soderbergh, David Lynch, Roman Polanski, Danny Boyle, David
Mamet, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Sofia Coppola, Stephen Frears,
David Hare, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, and the Coen
Brothers, among other renowned writers and directors.
You'll see how "hitting the beats" creates a story that
resonates for audiences the world over. Why is this important? Because it gives both writers and
moviegoers a language to analyze film and understand how filmmakers
can effectively reach audiences.
About the Author:
Salva Rubio is a
professional writer. He took
Blake Snyder's screenwriting workshop in 2007, and went on to work
as a screenwriter, published graphic novelist, essayist,
and script doctor.
Blake Snyder (1957 – 2009) was an American screenwriter
based in Los Angeles, who through the authorship of three books on
screenwriting and story structures became one of the most popular
writing mentors in the film industry. In his 20-year career as a
screenwriter and producer, he sold dozens of scripts, including
co-writing Blank Check, which became a hit for Disney, and
Nuclear Family for Steven Spielberg — both
million-dollar sales.