Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences
What to tell and what not? Ellipsis
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: What to tell and what not? Ellipsis
Overview
“It is impossible to write a scene or sequence without deciding what to leave in and what to leave out. In this lesson I will teach you ellipsis as a narrative resource. ”
In this video lesson Julio Rojas addresses the topic: What to tell and what not? Ellipsis, 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
“What to tell and what not? Ellipsis In this lesson, we will talk about a very important topic which is often left out of the concept of the script: the ellipsis. Ellipsis is a Greek word for "omission." It is part of the narrative as much as what is exposed. In fact, a story is the succession of omitted parts and exposed parts and sometimes what is omitted it is as important and narrative as what is exposed. The art of telling a good story It is not only to expose the narrative units, but it is also the art of knowing how to choose where to put the ellipsis. Time is an arrow with a continuu...”
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Course summary for: Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences
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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)
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- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
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