Storytelling for Short Film Screenplays

Overview

“Here, I will explain some fundamental concepts for you to start developing the characters in your Creative Folder. You will learn to see the protagonist of the story as the Sun, and how his needs create the other characters, that is, the planets that revolve around the protagonist.”

In this video lesson Lud Mônaco addresses the topic: Characters: the soul of history, 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

“Characters: the soul of history In this lesson, I’ll explain some of the main tools to develop characters with depth. The protagonist of a story is, for me, the soul of the narrative. It is extremely important to develop a main character with the public to identify with a central objective. I consider development as an amusement park, because, in this part, you can put into practice everything you’ve learned about human nature. Whenever I develop a character, I start from the feminine. But I only realized that after making a few shorts. I always have an unconscious pattern that makes me lea...”

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Course summary for: Storytelling for Short Film Screenplays

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (116)
• 3428 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 50m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video, Writing

• Areas

  Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, Storytelling, Writing