The Last Book on Screenwritin You'll Ever Need v ME THE IT? The importance of "the idea" - What is a "logline" and what are the four requirements to creating a better one? - What is "high concept" and why is it still relevant? - Test pitching your movie for fun andprofit - Plus five games to jump-start your idea--creating skills. The official stamp of approval of the Save the Cat method from Sheila Hanahan Taylor, producer and development executive for Zide/Perry (Amerzcan Pie, Final Destination, Hellbqy) Why another screenwriting book? - Some background on the author and the reason for the book - And what does the phrase "Save the Cat" mean anyway? All about genre - The 10 genres that every movie ever made can be categorized by - How genre is important to you and your movie - Plus ways to peg every movie's type. A WHO... The subject is the hero - Why the hero must serve the idea - How to adjust the hero to make your movie idea work better - The myth of casting your movie - Jungian archetypes and why we need 'em. IT The beats of a movie as defined by the official "Blake Snyder Beat Sheet" a.k.a. the BS~ - An in-depth discussion of each of the 15 beats found in a successful movie as found in the BS~ - How the beats apply to Miss Congenzaliry. Cert no. www.fsc.org © 1996 Forest Stewardship Council I;j FSC Mixed Sources Product group from well-managec forests and other controlled sourCE Design: Michael Wiese Productions .L..>Uy'-' .... ~. Gina Mansfield Brett Jay Markel Snyder, Blake, 1957- Save the cat! : the last book on screenwriting you'll ever need / Blake Snyder. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 10: 193290 7009 ISBN 13: 9781932907001 1. Motion picture plays--Technique. 2. Motion picture authorship. I. Title: Last book on screenwriting you'll ever need. II. Title. PN1996.S652005 808.2'3--dc2 2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may ~e rep~~ducedin any form or by any means without permission In W~ItIn~ from. the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotatIons In a reVIew. Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data © 2005 Blake Snyder Printed by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc., Saline, Michigan Manufactured in the United States of America Published by Michael Wiese Productions Laurel Canyon Blvd. # lIIl Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 379-8799 (818) 986-3408