Writing an Audiovisual Comedy Script
Characters 2 What Do They Want? What Do They Risk?
A course by Gonzalo Ladines , Director and screenwriter
About the video: Characters 2 What Do They Want? What Do They Risk?
Overview
“What the protagonist wants is not necessarily what he needs. Now you will know in detail the fight between the objective of the protagonist versus what he needs and what is at stake. ”
In this video lesson Gonzalo Ladines addresses the topic: Characters 2 What Do They Want? What Do They Risk?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing an Audiovisual Comedy Script. Explore the fundamentals of comedy and the tools for writing a script that tells your story.
Partial transcription of the video
“Characters 2 What do they want? What do they risk? In this lesson we will see the fight of our protagonist "versus" what you need and what is at stake. What my protagonist wants it is not necessarily what you need. Your wanting is your external goal, which is what you want. Your need is what to do or learn for him to grow. Many times want and need conflict. For example, "Jojo Rabbit" He is a ten year old boy who wants to be a Nazi. When he finds a Jewish girl hiding in his house, he wants to make a book about the Jews, to know more and learn to hunt them, But what he needs is to learn to be...”
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Course summary for: Writing an Audiovisual Comedy Script
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Fiction Writing, Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, Writing
Gonzalo Ladines
A course by Gonzalo Ladines
With a communications degree and a master's in screenwriting, Gonzalo Ladines discovered that his passion for screenwriting lays in comedy. He has written and directed multi-award-winning shorts and his co-founded web series Los Cinéfilos has accumulated over 16 million views.
In 2015, he wrote and directed his debut comedy feature, Como en el Cine (Just Like in the Movies), which went on to win the Audience Award at the NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival, sponsored by the Hollywood Academy. He also co-wrote Viejos Amigos (Old Friends) and Papá Youtuber, the first Peruvian film sold for international remakes. As well as a director and screenwriter, Gonzalo is an advertising director, teacher, script adviser, and playwright.
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