Creating a Series Bible from Scratch
Testing Your Idea
A course by Gustavo Rosa de Moura , Director, Screenwriter, and Audiovisual Producer
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: Testing Your Idea
Overview
“Before actually starting the project, let's now talk about how to test your idea to see if it works or not as a series. ”
In this video lesson Gustavo Rosa de Moura addresses the topic: Testing Your Idea, 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
“testing your idea In this class, we'll see how to test your idea, to know if she gives a series or not. Before starting to write, it is very important we test the ideas, to see if they are ready for us to start the process, to know if they give a series or not, sometimes they have super cool ideas that aren't suitable for a series or a movie, they are ideas that can give other things, but not a series. There are a number of things we can do, that we can think of, that help us understand this. First of all, it is important to say that you need to have a premise, not just an idea. Often, an i...”
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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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