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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.