Product Description

This volume contains the first six scripts from the first season of the television programme "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". These scripts are the shooting drafts, and contain production notes, cut dialogue and different scenes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #254540 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

In the beginning of Buffy, there were the scripts...
The good news is that original shooting scripts of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are available, as in this volume offering up the first six episodes of Season One. But the bad news, relatively speaking, is that we just get the scripts without any extras. The pages are your traditional Courier style font (including the title page), and while the pages are not in blue, pink, green, yellow, goldenrod and salmon to reflect the various revisions, if you follow the revision dates on the top of the pages you can figure that part out. Therefore, while I appreciate having the original scripts in front of my while watching the episodes so I can see what has been deleted/added/changed (these are not transcripts; big difference), I would have really liked to have a bit more such as introductions by the writers talking about the genesis of the script ideas or problems they had to overcoming in putting the script into production, beyond the production notes and stage directions. Certainly some of what I am looking for can be found in "The Watcher's Guide," which covers the show's first two seasons, but given how first-rate the BtVS companion volumes have been I am rather surprised this is a comparatively bare bones effort.

Included in this volume for those of you who do not have the first 100 episodes totally memorized are "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest," both written by series creator Joss Whedon, "Witch" by Dana Reston, "Teacher's Pet" by David Greenwalt, "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" by Rob Des Hotel and Dean Batali, and "The Pack" by Matt Kiene and Joe Reinkemeyer. After the two-part pilot these other episodes reflect a time when the Buffy mythos was just starting to get organized. After all, Buffy has yet to find out about Angel's true nature and the emphasis is on how high school is a living hell if you are a teenager, but even more so when you are perched on the Hellmouth. Besides, once you get the first half of Season One you have to pick up the second half as well. Then there is Season Two...

True formatted script book on the series Buffy
I was dubious about this book. Initially because... books of this variety tend to be presented in a misleading fashion.

I was pleasently surprised though, when I took the gamble and ordered this book, that the contents was professional. Professional in the sense that what you have just bought, is what the producer, director, and actors/tress would see before production starts.

I'm interested in screenwriting, and have slowly come around to the series. The strenght of the writing has always been formost, and with these scriptbooks, anyone who is interested slightly in writing for TV, let alone Buffy, wouldn't be wrong in purchasing this book.

It contains 6 episodes, all in correct format. And well worth the money...

Okay, thats all

Daniel

This book is for all you Buffy fans out there
Wow. Want to have the best read of your life. This book is great isn't it! If you ever wanted to remember what went on in the first season, becuse you never taped it or forgot to buy the box set, this book is for you. It is recommended for any buffy the Vampire Slayer fan out there. It is the must for any fan of the show and what a bargin at just £8! the best you can get. Even for people who do not like the show, you will find it fascinating with Xanders witty remarks, Cordelia's style and Willow's clever comments. Don't forget all of Buffy's slaying! Go on what are you waiting for, but it now!!