Creating a Series Bible from Scratch
Presentation
A course by Gustavo Rosa de Moura , Director, Screenwriter, and Audiovisual Producer
Joined March 2021
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“The function of the presentation is to arouse the reader's curiosity and make him read until the end. Here we will see how to write a series presentation text that performs this function. ”
In this video lesson Gustavo Rosa de Moura addresses the topic: Presentation, 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
“Presentation Then we come to the series' introductory text. The series' introductory text, in fact, can have many formats, may even have many names, it doesn't have to be called an introduction, you can call it an introduction, may not put any title. You can, finally, be creative and invent another title, or divide it into subheadings. It doesn't matter much, what name you give him, but it is important to understand what he needs to have and what effect it needs to have on the reader. The introductory text is the first to be read in the bible, although we left it for last. I already said he...”
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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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