Introduction to Film Direction
The script: the germ of your film 1
A course by César Pesquera , Director and Visual Artist
About the video: The script: the germ of your film 1
Overview
“Next, I will explain how to face a script for the first time, how to begin to build your own vision of the story and identify fundamental elements such as the central concept, the conflict, the antagonist that generates that conflict or the dramatic arc of the character.”
In this video lesson César Pesquera addresses the topic: The script: the germ of your film 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Film Direction. Learn how to translate your vision into audiovisuals for the big screen and direct your own scenes.
Partial transcription of the video
“The script: germ of your film In this lesson I will teach you to face the script and how, from it, build your vision. We are going to see how to identify concepts as the central concept, the conflict of history or the narrative arc of the characters. The script is the germ of your scene, of your movie, of your story. I encourage you to constantly work on it, to rewrite it. The objective of the course and the role of the director is to translate that written text into moving images. You can work from one of the scenes that I provide you in the additional resources. It's a scene from my last ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Film Direction
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Category
Photography & Video -
Areas
Film, Film, Video & TV, Lighting Design
César Pesquera
A course by César Pesquera
César Pesquera lives to tell exciting stories with a solid conceptual framework and room for visual experimentation. As a visual artist and director, he currently dedicates himself to filmmaking, directing music videos, developing advertising campaigns, and writing.
In his most recent personal projects Tramuntana and Santa Ana, he explores the crossover between visual experimentation and documentary. Both pieces were selected at festivals such as Cíclope, SXSW, Sitges, Cannes, Slamdance, and BFI London Film Festival, among others. In addition, his work has been recognized with several Laus awards, a Gold at ADC*E, and second prize at YDA Cannes. In 2018, Santa Ana received an Honorable Mention for Best Documentary at Salute Your Shorts festival in Los Angeles.
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