In contrast to big-name bookstores, Take One! Film and Theater
Books goes for the specialty market.
Not only does it offer items related to the performing arts, but
Take One! also sponsors a number of free events such as “From
Great Scenes to Great Screenwriting” with Michael Hauge and
UCLA professor Richard Walter tonight.
Hauge and Walter will focus on two movies each. Take One! owner
Tim Morell approves of the event format.
“Hague and Walter came up with this film analysis thing,
which I think is great,” Morell said. “Because it gives
them both the chance to talk equally about scene structure and how
the scenes work within the context of the film.”
Hauge, who has recently coached or worked on projects for the
major studios, will talk about “Die Hard” and “LA
Confidential.”
“I wanted scenes from real popular movies that people
would be familiar with, and those were both immensely successful
films,” Hauge said.
Walter, currently UCLA’s screenwriting department chair,
has been a screenwriter for both Columbia and Universal. Best known
for writing the first drafts of “American Graffiti” for
George Lucas, Walter will analyze “Big” and
“Terminator 2.”
“I know I am a university-tenured professor at a world
center of higher learning and I’m supposed to think that
violent, commercial movies like that are no good,” Walter
said. “But I think “˜Terminator 2′ is a great
movie that has a lot to say about the nature of the human
condition.”
The forum will begin with the audience receiving written copies
of the scene, which are then followed by film clips showing those
scenes. After the screening, Hauge and Walter will make their
presentations with a question and answer session open to the floor
later on.
“Scenes” is just one of the main attractions at Take
One! Future events include women in filmmaking on Oct. 23 and tea
with actor Michael York on Oct. 26. Morell hopes these events
appeal to those checking out his bookstore.
“This is … geared to a particular market, which is
people who are trying to get into the film business, which are
young actors, young writers, and professionals,” Morell
said.
The event tonight is at Take One! bookstore (15161 Santa Monica
Blvd) and begins at 7:30 p.m.