Writing Fictional Scenes and Sequences
Writing format rules
A course by Julio Rojas , Screenwriter and Author
About the video: Writing format rules
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll teach you the rules of the writing format, including areas of the script format, heading, character name, dialogue, action, and transitions. In addition, I will explain the main technical tools of one of the main professional script programs: Final Draft. ”
In this video lesson Julio Rojas addresses the topic: Writing format rules, 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
“Writing format rules In this lesson, we will explore the world of the script program, how to write a script in a standard format and what are the writing rules. All these programs follow the same principle, a blank page that allows, by means of certain format codes, turn your script into an interchangeable communication format among the audiovisualists of the world. Let's see how the basic principles of writing work of a standard script. There are five critical areas in script writing. The first area is the scene header. The scene header has only two possibilities, Exterior, with an "ext.",...”
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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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