Screenplay Fundamentals: Build Story Structures
The Opposition
A course by Naomi Beaty , Screenplay Consultant
About the video: The Opposition
Overview
““Where is the conflict coming from?” is one of the most important questions you can ask when planning and writing your screenplay. Here I will discuss creating the main conflict in your story. ”
In this video lesson Naomi Beaty addresses the topic: The Opposition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Screenplay Fundamentals: Build Story Structures. Learn to develop compelling narratives by exploring a script’s structural elements and turning your ideas into audiovisual projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Opposition "Where is the conflict coming from?" is the important question you can ask when planning and writing your screenplay. In this lesson, we'll identify the main conflict in your story. Without conflict, there is no story. When the protagonist achieves his goal or he doesn't, the story is over. If nothing is standing in his way, it will be a short story. In a story, conflict will come from many sources, from different directions, and at a lot of different levels. Here, we're talking about the main conflict that the story is built on. If your story is about one person trying to ...”
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Course summary for: Screenplay Fundamentals: Build Story Structures
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Creative Writing, Film, Video & TV, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Script, Storytelling
Naomi Beaty
A course by Naomi Beaty
Naomi Beaty is a screenwriting teacher, screenplay consultant, and former development executive with more than 10 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Growing up, she was always reading and was introduced to the world of movies while taking film appreciation classes in college. After graduating, she began her education in screenwriting through reading before going on to work for local directors and small productions, which motivated her to move to LA to pursue a career in the film industry.
There she worked in various roles from a producer, manager to a writer-for-hire, all of which deepened her knowledge and experience in the screenwriting industry. Naomi has worked on titles including Twilight, Percy Jackson, and The Stanford Prison Experiment and now is a consultant for writers, directors, and producers on their film and TV projects. She also teaches group screenwriting workshops via her company Write+Co.
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