Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences
Narrative units
A course by Julio Rojas , Screenwriter and Author
Learn the theory and technique behind writing an effective fictional scene for your script
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 99% positive reviews (144)
- 3844 students
About the video: Narrative units
Overview
“A story is infinite. It could take years to tell an everyday action, because there are so many points of view, situations and details. One unconsciously selects chunks, and the sum of those chunks gives us the full picture of the story. Ultimately, one selects narrative units. In this lesson, I will teach you the two types of narrative units that exist: the autonomous narrative unit, also known as the scene; and the Composite Narrative Unit, or Sequence. ”
In this video lesson Julio Rojas addresses the topic: Narrative units, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences. Learn the theory and technique behind writing an effective fictional scene for your script.
Partial transcription of the video
“Narrative units In this lesson, we will analyze what are the narrative units which are the cornerstone of every scriptwriter's work, the brief space where the story is told. Narrative units are portions of an indivisible story. If one wanted to make an analogy with the human body, the narrative units would be the cells that make up the body, the body would be the story or an organ and each narrative unit has a specific function that builds that complete organ called history. The stories are endless. As they are infinite, being able to count them is impossible. One takes any possibility of s...”
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Course summary for: Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences
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Category
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Areas
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, Storytelling, TV, Writing
A course by Julio Rojas
Julio Rojas is a dentist by trade, which may be hard to believe given that he has devoted over two decades of his life to screenplays and writing. He has worked as a professor at major universities and film schools like the EICTV in Cuba, where he's been teaching the advanced screenwriting course for fifteen years. Julio has also worked as a fiction content director for free-to-air TV channels and audiovisual producers.
His most prominent work includes feature films like Sábado(Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award), La vida de los peces (2012 Goya winner), and La memoria del agua (selected for Venice Days at the 2016 Venice Film Festival). In addition to screenplays, Julio just published his first novel, a historical crime thriller titled El visitante extranjero (The Foreign Visitor), through Penguin Random House.
His Spotify podcast series CASO 32, listed by The New York Times as one of the best audio fictions of 2020, has been remade in various languages as well as categorized as the most-listened-to Spanish-language audio fiction in the world.
- 99% positive reviews (144)
- 3844 students
- 20 lessons (4h 26m)
- 26 additional resources (7 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
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