Introduction to Screenwriting for Film
Influences
A course by Daniel Monedero , Screenwriter and Author
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Next, I will share my literary and cinematographic influences. I will tell you about those writers and screenwriters who inspired me and whose lessons about how to build stories continue to teach me every day for my own work.”
In this video lesson Daniel Monedero addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Screenwriting for Film. Learn to write a professional screenplay for your next movie project, from the initial idea to its synopsis and characters.
Partial transcription of the video
“influences In this lesson I will tell you about my influences, the screenwriters and writers that I am passionate about and from whom I continue to learn every time I read or watch his films. First I will tell you about the writers. The first of them is Billy Wilder, screenwriter and also director of his own stories. Billy Wilder is a screenwriter who makes a comedy for all audiences, generalist, but at the same time has many layers of reading, intelligent and with very ingenious dialogues. He learned all the script lessons from his teacher, Ernst Lubitsch. Wilder wrote some of the movies I...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Screenwriting for Film
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Film, Video & TV, Script, Writing

Daniel Monedero
A course by Daniel Monedero
Daniel Monedero began his career working on some of the most successful and long-running TV shows in Spain, such as Siete Vidas and Aída. Since then, he has also collaborated as a freelance screenwriter on other series, including Buscando el Norte and Pequeñas Coincidencias, and has written screenplays for films such as Perdiendo el Este and La pequeña Suiza. His most recent film, A mil kilómetros de la Navidad, was released in over 50 countries on Netflix in 2021, ranking among the top five most-watched movies on the platform globally that same year.
In addition to his screenplays, Daniel has written short story collections like Manual de jardinería (para gente sin jardín) and Volar a casa, and has published more than a dozen children's books, some of which, most notably Hipólito el Hipnotizador, have also been published in Mexico. When he's not writing, he shares his knowledge and expertise by teaching narrative and screenwriting workshops.
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