Storytelling for Short Film Screenplays
Brainstorming: awakening the inner child
A course by Lud Mônaco , Writer and Film Director
About the video: Brainstorming: awakening the inner child
Overview
“You are now ready to start developing your creative folder. In this class, I will explain the first step to get started: brainstorming. You will learn to extract the premise of your story and also to identify your unique way of seeing the world.”
In this video lesson Lud Mônaco addresses the topic: Brainstorming: awakening the inner child, which is part of the Domestika online course: Storytelling for Short Film Screenplays. Discover fundamental script-writing techniques to tell a story through narrative metaphors.
Partial transcription of the video
“Brainstorming: awakening the inner child In this class, I’ll explain how to brainstorm and identify the premise of the story. You will also learn how to expand your initial idea. Finally I’ll give you some tips for you to identify your unique way of seeing the world. Although we live in a digital age, I find it very productive to do this part in the old fashion, brainstorming in an analog way. Through this method, you will have a wide view of your ideas and classify them as well. In addition to enhancing your ability to concentrate, since when we work on the computer, it is very easy for an...”
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Course summary for: Storytelling for Short Film Screenplays
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Areas
Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, Storytelling, Writing

Lud Mônaco
A course by Lud Mônaco
Lud Mônaco is a Director and storyteller with a master degree from the Barcelona Film School (ECIB). Her film project Para, pero sigue won the Best Short Film Award at the Lisbon and Estoril Film Festival.
Her work has been selected for major festivals like Berlinale Talents 2017, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Germany), the Sitges Film Festival (Spain), and Mix Brasil. Lud has also worked with companies like Vice, Rede Globo, Stink, and Boiler Room.
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