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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Script Book Season One #1
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SCRIPT BOOK: SEASON 1, V. 1
"It's my first day [of school]. I was afraid that I'd be behind in all my classes, that I wouldn't have any friends, that I'd have last month's hair. I didn't think there would be vampires on campus." -- Buffy, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" A true fan knows that one of the very best aspects of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is its hip, irreverent, witty writing. Slayer-speak packs one of the show's strongest punches. And the scripts are as much fun to read as they are to watch.
Here, collected in one volume for the first time ever, you can find the first six scripts from Season One. Read along as Buffy arrives in Sunnydale, and revisit her early encounters with the "gorgeous in an annoying way" Angel. Best of all, these scripts represent the most complete source for the writers' and creators' vision-complete with production cues and dialogue and scenes that never made it to the small screen!
Read these killer "Welcome to the Hellmouth," "The Harvest," "Witch," "Teacher's Pet," "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date," and "The Pack"
Here, collected in one volume for the first time ever, you can find the first six scripts from Season One. Read along as Buffy arrives in Sunnydale, and revisit her early encounters with the "gorgeous in an annoying way" Angel. Best of all, these scripts represent the most complete source for the writers' and creators' vision-complete with production cues and dialogue and scenes that never made it to the small screen!
Read these killer "Welcome to the Hellmouth," "The Harvest," "Witch," "Teacher's Pet," "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date," and "The Pack"
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First published November 28, 2000
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Joss Whedon
482 books4,341 followersJoss Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon) is an American screenwriter, executive producer, film and television director, comic book writer, occasional composer, and actor, and the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures.
He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)', 'Angel (1999–2004)', 'Firefly (2002)' and its film follow-up 'Serenity (2005)', and 'Dollhouse (2009–2010)', as well as the web-series' 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)'. Whedon co-wrote and produced the horror film 'The Cabin in the Woods (2012)', and wrote and directed the film adaptation of Marvel's 'The Avengers (2012)', the third highest-grossing film of all time.
Many of Whedon's projects have cult status and his work is notable for portraying strong female characters and a belief in equality.
credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon
He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003)', 'Angel (1999–2004)', 'Firefly (2002)' and its film follow-up 'Serenity (2005)', and 'Dollhouse (2009–2010)', as well as the web-series' 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)'. Whedon co-wrote and produced the horror film 'The Cabin in the Woods (2012)', and wrote and directed the film adaptation of Marvel's 'The Avengers (2012)', the third highest-grossing film of all time.
Many of Whedon's projects have cult status and his work is notable for portraying strong female characters and a belief in equality.
credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon
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June 25, 2021
This book collects the first six six scripts of the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Reading the scripts allows you to experience the story itself without having your opinion or perception swayed by the appearance of the actors, the music, the lighting or direction or other production values, or anything other than what was captured by the writer on the page. It's also interesting to spot differences from the original vision from what was finally realized on screen. The first two episodes, Welcome to the Hellmouth and The Harvest, are a single story written by Joss Whedon, and do a great job of introducing all of the characters and the settings. The other four stories stand alone, but build on the relationships established in the pilot episodes, while hinting at bigger bads on the horizon. They show that Sunnydale is a magical nexus of supernatural events, with more than just a problem of vampire infestation. All of the members of the team are given the opportunity to step forth and take their place in the spotlight, rather than focusing entirely on Buffy. The dialog is very clever, full of sharp quotable quips and authentic pathos and humor in turn. They're remarkably fresh and vibrant though they're now a quarter century old.
July 20, 2016
I'm a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, especially the earlier seasons. I'm also a TV writer, and I look at Buffy, Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls as probably my three biggest inspirations. So reading the first six episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in script form was great for me. You really catch every single brilliant line when you're reading it and it's much easier to see the structure and characters that Joss Whedon has crafted when it's on the page.
November 24, 2020
As I'm rewatching the TV series, I have been reading the script book in-between episodes, basically following along, comparing.
It's nice to see the small tweaks that occurred between the writing of the script and the filming.
I realize this book isn't for everyone. If you aren't a Buffy fan, I doubt this is for you. It's a fun addition to a hardcore Fan's collection.
It's nice to see the small tweaks that occurred between the writing of the script and the filming.
I realize this book isn't for everyone. If you aren't a Buffy fan, I doubt this is for you. It's a fun addition to a hardcore Fan's collection.
October 15, 2020
I'm one of those people that like to read scripts. I like to note the various prompts and notes during the story and I get to see all the text and take my time looking it over.
It also allows me to concentrate on the episode itself. The first two are of course the introductory episodes. These introduce the main characters and the main Big Bad, the Master. (Although I do sort of compare this to I, Zombie, where zombies had taken over Seattle and the military had humans still there to keep the zombies in line or they would nuke the city. What would the Master have done if he was told the entire city could be utterly destroyed by one bomb?)
There's a great quote from Zander where he says “I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide till it goes away.” Having the actual script makes it easier for me to pinpoint just what was said in funny moments like this.
The second story revolves around a woman who had her glory days in high school and wants to relive them, no matter who she hurts in the process. Actually I kind of understand this in a way since high school is the last sort-of sheltered time of a young person's life before they are out on their own, trying to make their way in what is basically a fairly cruel world.
The next story has 'fork-guy' which is a really funny name for a monster. It also has a shifter, a beautiful woman who shifts into a praying mantis and kills guys that way. There is a funny line in this one where Giles is talking to some guy he knows and says “No, you weren't right about your mother coming back as a Dachsund.”
Then it's back to the Master and the last script in the book is about human hyenas and Xander. It's kind of gross in spots.
By getting the scripts it's also to see the show was starting off sort of feeling it's way along. Buffy is the 'vampire' slayer but there's not actually a lot of that going on; rather, it's almost the monster-of-the-week approch. This isn't really surprising for a brand new show; they all go through growing pains.
Anyhoo, I really like this and I plan to get all the similar books.
It also allows me to concentrate on the episode itself. The first two are of course the introductory episodes. These introduce the main characters and the main Big Bad, the Master. (Although I do sort of compare this to I, Zombie, where zombies had taken over Seattle and the military had humans still there to keep the zombies in line or they would nuke the city. What would the Master have done if he was told the entire city could be utterly destroyed by one bomb?)
There's a great quote from Zander where he says “I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide till it goes away.” Having the actual script makes it easier for me to pinpoint just what was said in funny moments like this.
The second story revolves around a woman who had her glory days in high school and wants to relive them, no matter who she hurts in the process. Actually I kind of understand this in a way since high school is the last sort-of sheltered time of a young person's life before they are out on their own, trying to make their way in what is basically a fairly cruel world.
The next story has 'fork-guy' which is a really funny name for a monster. It also has a shifter, a beautiful woman who shifts into a praying mantis and kills guys that way. There is a funny line in this one where Giles is talking to some guy he knows and says “No, you weren't right about your mother coming back as a Dachsund.”
Then it's back to the Master and the last script in the book is about human hyenas and Xander. It's kind of gross in spots.
By getting the scripts it's also to see the show was starting off sort of feeling it's way along. Buffy is the 'vampire' slayer but there's not actually a lot of that going on; rather, it's almost the monster-of-the-week approch. This isn't really surprising for a brand new show; they all go through growing pains.
Anyhoo, I really like this and I plan to get all the similar books.
April 15, 2022
Its a geek die hard nerd Fandom thing...
May 8, 2024
I read through the script well watching the show. It was super fun.
June 16, 2009
Read this in school. was going to do a play about it but never got around to it in class.
April 9, 2014
Going to have to get the rest of the seasons.
July 24, 2011
Got an extra one just in case if anyone feels like geek-ing out with me ^_^
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