Screen Writing: The Step Outline Technique
Find a story to tell
A course by Daniel Tubau , Writer and Director
About the video: Find a story to tell
Overview
“To create a step outline, you first have to find something to tell. If you don't have ideas, don't worry, in this lesson I will teach you some tricks to find them. I'll show you how I come up with an idea myself to start building the step outline.”
In this video lesson Daniel Tubau addresses the topic: Find a story to tell, which is part of the Domestika online course: Screen Writing: The Step Outline Technique. Learn to organize a script by mapping it out sequentially, and create audiovisual projects that captivate your audience.
Partial transcription of the video
“Find a story to tell Now I will explain some ways to find ideas to tell. Do you have ideas to tell? Great, you'll be able to convert it into the step outline of your short film. But if you don't have an idea or want many more, I will explain some ways to find ideas. A very good way to find ideas to tell, to find stories, plots and plots is to think of your own family. Think of your parents, your grandparents, the stories they have told you. Ask them what their childhood was like, what yours was like, how they met. Your family stories have a great advantage, that are yours Therefore, they wi...”
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Course summary for: Screen Writing: The Step Outline Technique
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, TV
Daniel Tubau
A course by Daniel Tubau
Daniel Tubau is a screenwriter, teacher, writer, and director. As a screenwriter, he has worked on television programs and series such as El Gran Juego de la Oca, El Informal, Mitos y Leyendas, Guardianes de la Historia, and many more. In the series Trilocos, an original idea by Emilio Aragón "Miliki," he was also showrunner for 130 programs.
He has published more than a dozen books, four of them about screenwriting: Las paradojas del guionista, La musa en el laboratorio, El espectador es el protagonista, and El guion del siglo 21. He is also a professor of screenwriting, directing, literature, and creativity in academies and universities such as SAE Institute in Mexico, Universidad de Lima in Peru, Escuela de Cine de Cuba EICTV, UASD in the Dominican Republic, Escuela de Cine ECAM, Universidad Nebrija, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, and Universidad Carlos III, among others.
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