Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences
Scene elements: physical universe
A course by Julio Rojas , Screenwriter and Author
About the video: Scene elements: physical universe
Overview
“You will see how the character can face not only another character or interact with an implant, but can also fight or be in harmony with the physical universe; which is the environment or a support field through which the action slides in the scene.”
In this video lesson Julio Rojas addresses the topic: Scene elements: physical universe, 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
“Scene elements: physical universe In this lesson we will see the importance of the physical universe in the construction of the scenes. When there is no physical universe, the characters float in the scripts. This is not seen in the cinema and it is not seen in a movie or a series, but in a written script, many times the scriptwriter omits the description of the physical universe. The physical universe is fundamental and also narrates, narrates in the same way as the narrative object and the character. Characters, physical universe and implant they are the 3 elements of the construction of ...”
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Course summary for: Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, Storytelling, TV, Writing
Julio Rojas
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.
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