How To Write High Structure, High Concept Movies

By Rob Tobin

"Show it, don't say it." -- major tenet of good screenwriting"If brevity be the soul of wit, then tonight we shall be very witty." -- Billy Crystal, MCing the Academy AwardsThis book is exactly what... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738827932
• ISBN13: 9780738827933
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Structure for Movies Made Simple

I've read a lot of books on screenwriting in my quest to learn the craft. This one is the best as far as I'm concerned. Rob's book, like Blake Snyder's, reeks of experience. Tobin ties together character and plot into the same process. Something most of the others fail to do. I would also agree with the last reviewer, that Martell's book is worth reading. I would add Karl Iglesias's, Jeff Kitchen's, and Hauge's books too. Rob told me he is writing an update, but this one is fine.

High Structure, High Concept, High Quality book

When my agent said "You should turn your novel into a screenplay", I foolishly said "Sure!" You could see the dollar signs in my eyes, just like in the cartoons. But it was easier recommended than done. After spending hundreds of dollars on screenplay writing books (which are themselves a cottage industry), I finally decided I would do what Tony Robbins calls "expert modeling", that is, learn screenwriting from people who actually wrote and, more importantly SOLD screenplays. I mean, home many screenplays did Syd Field, Robert McKee, Michael Hauge, Vicki King and all the other 'guru' out there ever sell? They must be too busy counting money from their seminars to write screenplays. Well, that and coming up with artsy-fartsy theories that make your eyes gloss over 5 minutes into the lecture. I want my knowledge, fast and efficient, and that's where Rob Tobin's "How To Write High Structure, High Concept Movies" comes in. It's a lean 182 page paperback filled with great stuff. Loglines, structure, high concept, characters, conflict, every step in the process, every step in your story is explained here in great detail. So needless to say, the other screenwriting books, except for Trottier's "The Screenwriter's Bible", Bill Martell's "The Secrets of Action Screenwriting" and Rob's book were donated to the public library. - William Mize, Shamus Award nominee, creator of the Denton Ward and Monty Crocetti mystery series.

Great Screenwriting Book!

I own about twelve screenwriting books, and I wish I would have read this one first! Although the title says "high concept", it also tells you how to use screenplay formula for non high concept movies, packed with lots of examples from movies like, Rocky, Forest Gump, and loads more.