Writing an Audiovisual Comedy Script
The Storyline
A course by Gonzalo Ladines , Director and screenwriter
About the video: The Storyline
Overview
“You already have a logline, now write your storyline. Here I will give you the guidelines to write a good storyline.”
In this video lesson Gonzalo Ladines addresses the topic: The Storyline, 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
“The storyline You already have a "logline", so to write a structure We will put together a "storyline". In this lesson we will. Before writing the "storyline" you must take into account the central dramatic issue. This is the question that arises from the first act. For example, in "Jojo Rabbit" it would be: "Can a child of the Nazi youth be able to save a Jewish girl hiding in her house? " In "This blonde is a disaster" the central dramatic question would be: "Will Amy be able to commit to a stable relationship with the doctor you just met? " So the central dramatic question of my story wo...”
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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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