Professional Pitching for Documentaries
The Synopsis
A course by Marco Spagnoli , Journalist, Screenwriter, and Documentary Director
About the video: The Synopsis
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain how to write a synopsis: a short text that summarizes the entire film and which must allow the reader to understand exactly the story being told. ”
In this video lesson Marco Spagnoli addresses the topic: The Synopsis, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Pitching for Documentaries. Learn to draft a clear and effective pitch to present your documentary and tell a story from an original point of view.
Partial transcription of the video
“The synopsis The synopsis is one of the most important parts of our project, because it allows the reader, whoever reads this project, to understand what is the story told by your documentary. Not only that, any movie or book has a synopsis, therefore it is very important to write it following the rules, which is what we learn together in this lesson. To write a good synopsis, there are a few rules. The first is to identify immediately the main theme of the story we want to tell. In this case, even if your story is very complex and offers many sub-themes and other tracks, we must always sta...”
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Course summary for: Professional Pitching for Documentaries
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Photography & Video -
Areas
Film, Film, Video & TV, Script, Storytelling, Writing
Marco Spagnoli
A course by Marco Spagnoli
Marco Spagnoli is a journalist, screenwriter, and documentary director. Although he studied engineering, through a series of events he ended up working in radio, which led him to film journalism and gave him an insider's view of the film industry, as well as the opportunity to personally meet famous directors and industry professionals.
He later began to frequent film festivals and in 2000 started writing for the magazine Giornale dello Spettacolo, eventually rising to the position of director. In 2009, he filmed the documentary Hollywood sul Tevere, which launched his career as a documentary director. Since then, he's produced over 40 projects, some of which have been featured on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
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