Screenplay Fundamentals: Build Story Structures
How to Begin Writing the Screenplay
A course by Naomi Beaty , Screenplay Consultant
About the video: How to Begin Writing the Screenplay
Overview
“Now I will discuss the steps to follow after completing your synopsis, as you continue developing your story ready to write the screenplay. To further develop the story and the characters, I will show you how order all of the major plot points on note cards according to where they might fall in the story's timeline. ”
In this video lesson Naomi Beaty addresses the topic: How to Begin Writing the Screenplay, 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
“ How to Begin Writing the Screenplay In this lesson, I'll talk about how to start writing the screenplay. There's no one right way to write your screenplay, so it's best to find the process that works best for you. I will give you a few options and tell you the preferred method I use. One method you could use is to take your synopsis now that it's complete and use that as a guide as you're writing the screenplay. In that method, you wouldn't do any additional planning in advance, you'd take what you already know about the story and start writing and see where the script takes you. One meth...”
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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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