Join author Deborah S. Patz at the Biz Books Pop-Up Shop to celebrate the book launch and sign copies of:

Film Production Management 101: 3rd edition

Happening Wednesday, February 5, 2025 – 5pm – 7pm (Pacific)

at the Roundhouse Community Centre Boardroom

Pacific Blvd & Davie St, Vancouver, BC

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Biz Books and The Drama Class are pleased to present: Confidence with Your Lines – An Introduction to Streamlining.

Click the link above and join us for this FREE online seminar that will provide participants with a rare introduction to the principles and practice of the Streamlining Line Learning Technique.

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Fine On Acting is a “class in a book” that provides a solid foundation in the useful and exciting acting technique taught at the renowned Howard Fine Acting Studio, located in the heart of Hollywood and its sister-Studio in Melbourne, Australia. In this revised edition, Howard Fine expands on his technique to meet the needs of today’s working actor.

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High School Theatre Teacher’s Survival Guide by Raina S. Ames

A reference for high school theatre teachers covering both curricular and extracurricular problems. Everything from:

-How to craft a syllabus for a theatre class
-To what to say to parents about a student’s participation in a school play.

Our Price: $65.95 CDN

The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide #2: Activities, Exercises, and Techniques for the Theatre Classroom by Margaret F. Johnson

The first book focuses on everything about a complete stage production. The Drama Teacher’s Survival Guide # 2 covers every aspect of classroom theatre arts.

Students will explore:

-group activities

-improvisation

-technical theatre

-choral reading

-mime

-stage fighting

-and more!

Our Price: $24.95 CDN

Actions: The Actors’ Thesaurus by Marina Caldarone & Maggie Lloyd-Williams

A Biz Books Bestseller!

Actions: The Actors’ Thesaurus is a no-nonsense must-have for every actor and director. Action words are long a secret of the acting community. It is a widely used rehearsal and performance technique. This thesaurus pulls these vital action-words together in an organized and comprehensive format. The actor can refine the action-word until s/he hits exactly the right one to help make the action come alive.

Our Price: $26.95 CDN

Welcome back teachers!

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Join screenwriters and authors Kat Montagu & Roslyn Muir for a live discussion about screenplay formatting and navigating the industry.

Topics to be explored include:

• What are the new rules for screenplay formatting?
• Exceptions to the rules
• What is the market buying/what are they looking for?
• and more!

Do you have any burning questions about becoming a screenwriter?  This is the time to ask them all!

You can also grab your copies of “The Dreaded Curse: Screenplay Formatting for Film & Television” & “Writing a TV Movie: An Insider’s Guide to Launching a Screenwriting Career” and get them signed by the authors themselves!

Can’t make it in-person? Join us over zoom by clicking the link below!

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Jul 12, 2022 07:00 PM Vancouver
Topic: Screenplay Secrets with Kat Montagu & Roslyn MuirPlease click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85908783393?pwd=aXlQNHJWd25JYzlrNDgvZ2s0Y3BZdz09
Passcode: 794334

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Writing a TV Movie: An Insider’s Guide to Launching a Screenwriting Career by Roslyn Muir

Writing a TV Movie is a screenwriting how-to book that reveals the structure and content differences between feature films and TV movies. Written by award-winning screenwriter Roslyn Muir, this book offers clear and simple advice for beginners and experts alike on how to master the unique nine-act structure of the popular TV movie thriller and rom-com genres. It gives excellent tips on how to write and pitch a TV Movie script to producers and is an exceptional resource for screenwriters, teachers in screenwriting classes and workshops, and industry professionals alike.

The Dreaded Curse: Screenplay Formatting for Film and Television by Kat Montagu

A screenwriter and story editor herself, award-winning writing instructor Kat Montagu needed a simple up-to-date format guide in the Hollywood-style; so she crafted the tale of two feisty young witches cursed by a ghost of a dead screenwriter. When he steals their car to make it to L.A., the chase is on and only the arcane knowledge of screenplay formatting – Feature Film, Multi-Cam Sitcom, Single-Cam Half-Hour, and One-Hour Drama – can help them. Demonstrating the elements of screenwriting from “inside the format” engages you in an accessible way, reminding you that story is at the heart of the form.

The Screenwriter’s Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier

The Screenwriter’s Bible is one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 350,000 copies in its twenty-five-year life. Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover.

The Coffee Break Screenwriter by Pilar Alessandra

Got ten minutes? Write your script. At last, leading Hollywood screenwriting instructor Pilar Alessandra shows everyone who’s ever wanted to write a screenplay how to do it – without quitting their jobs or leaving their families. Packed with over sixty 10-minute writing tools, The Coffee Break Screenwriter keeps it focused and keeps it simple. Her friendly but practical approach is useful for those working 9-to-5 jobs, or at home with kids, who have trouble finding the time to sit down and write. Now, you can make real progress on your scripts with only ten minutes of stolen time.

How to Build a Great Screenplay: A Master Class in Storytelling for Film by David Howard

Drawing on decades of practical experience and savvy, How to Build a Great Screenplay deconstructs the craft of screenwriting and carefully reveals how to build a good story from the ground up. He eschews the system offered by other books, emphasizing that a great screenplay requires dozens of unique decisions by the author. David Howard uses the analogy: “…in the first act you tie a knot, in the second act you tighten that knot, and in the third act, you untie it again.”

The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay by Bill Boyle

A fully realized screenplay reveals itself primarily through images, making use of what author Bill Boyle calls The Visual Mindscape of the Screenplay. This allows the reader or viewer to discover elements of the story rather than being told. By being able to actively participate in the unfolding of the story makes the overall experience for the reader a more visceral and luminous experience.

Writing the Romantic Comedy: The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen by Billy Mernit

Writing the Romantic Comedy is an easy-to-understand guide, which teaches that making a romantic comedy work is about much more than mastering the boy-gets-loses-gets-girl formula. It shows how all the best works follow a seven-point plot structure and share elements that keep viewers watching.

Write on, screenwriters!

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