Creating a Series Bible from Scratch
What Is a Series Bible?
A course by Gustavo Rosa de Moura , Director, Screenwriter, and Audiovisual Producer
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: What Is a Series Bible?
Overview
“In this lesson, you will see that a series project, often called a bible, is the document that gathers the initial basic information. ”
In this video lesson Gustavo Rosa de Moura addresses the topic: What Is a Series Bible?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating a Series Bible from Scratch. Discover how you can turn your stories into an attractive audiovisual project, and learn how to sell your ideas.
Partial transcription of the video
“What is a serial bible? Hi, in this class we will see what a bible is and what it is for. A lot of people have cool ideas to make a TV series, but doesn't know how to turn these ideas into a project, that is salable, seductive and objective, to present to some place, to present to a production company, to a studio, to present to a channel. And this project is what we usually call the bible, and it is where the main information is that will communicate your project, that is, information that will help you, not only to sell this project, but then to develop this project, up ahead. So it's thi...”
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Course summary for: Creating a Series Bible from Scratch
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Creative Writing, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, TV, Writing
Gustavo Rosa de Moura
A course by Gustavo Rosa de Moura
Gustavo Rosa de Moura is an award-winning director, screenwriter, and audiovisual producer, as well as cofounder of Mira Filmes, a production company for cinema, TV, and web. His work has been shown by various channels including ESPN, Canal Brasil, and TV Cultura, and several of his short films have been screened at festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Rotterdam, Oberhausen, and IndieLisboa.
In addition, he directed the documentaries Cildo (2010) and Piadeiros (2015), as well as the fiction films Canção da Volta (2016) and Cora (2020). His most recent feature film Ela e Eu (2022), produced in collaboration with 20th Century Fox, received three awards at the 54th Festival de Brasília, including best screenplay. His films have also been shown at film festivals like Tribeca, Mostra de São Paulo, Festival do Rio, and the international festival in Rotterdam. He is currently working on a series for HBO Max.
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