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Title	Michael Halperin interview, 2002
Interviewee	Halperin, Michael, 1934-
Interviewer	Martinson, Connie
Book Title	Writing the killer treatment : selling your story without a script
Subject	Treatments (Motion pictures, television, etc.) Motion picture authorship Television authorship
Description	Michael Halperin discusses his book, “Writing the Killer Treatment.” He begins by explaining several ways a screenwriter can adapt a novel into a film, and how characters can be altered from the book to the movie. He talks about his personal experiences writing for the television show Star Trek and how he allowed characters to evolve throughout the show’s history. Halperin also talks about the stylistic differences between screenplay writing and soap opera writing. He ends the interview by discussing his education at the University of Southern California and his current position as a professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Publisher	The Drucker Institute
Date	2002
Language	eng
Source	Betacam tape: Excerpt of show with Martinson interviewing Michael Halperin before the break and Robert S. Levinson after the break.
Collection	Connie Martinson Talks Books - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cmt
Rights	All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute, http://www.thedruckerinstitute.com
Type	Moving Image
Format	video/f4v
Duration	00:14:56
Object File Name	cmt00668_0001

Michael Halperin interview, 2002

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