Creative Writing for Film and Theater
Exploring Through Dialogue
A course by Gina Stevensen , Scriptwriter, Actor, and Dramaturge
About the video: Exploring Through Dialogue
Overview
“It's time to give voices to your characters to allow their personalities to take form. In this lesson, you will decide on the circumstances for the scene you are writing for your course project and play with how your two characters speak. ”
In this video lesson Gina Stevensen addresses the topic: Exploring Through Dialogue, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Writing for Film and Theater. Learn the basics of scriptwriting for stage or screen, exploring everything from character development, plot, and dialogue to metaphors and symbolism.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Exploring Through Dialogue In this lesson, you'll explore how your characters speak and decide on the circumstances for the scene you'll write for the final project. First, we'll create distinct language recipes for each of our characters. Remember the template that we used earlier for the "Thelma & Louise" example? Now, we'll take that same language recipe template and apply it to the characters for our final project. If you'd like, return to the template and fill in your answers on it directly or you can go to your journal or your computer and write about your ideas for your characters ...”
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Course summary for: Creative Writing for Film and Theater
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Communication, Creative Writing, Script
Gina Stevensen
A course by Gina Stevensen
Gina Stevensen is a scriptwriter, actor, and writing instructor passionate about creating meaningful and character-driven narratives for theater and film. After exploring the world of the performing arts in her early years, she went on to study theater at NYU Tisch and playwriting at Columbia University. She has developed numerous performance pieces that have graced stages all across the US and England while simultaneously navigating the world of film with projects for HBO Max, BMW, and more.
Gina was the 2021 winner of the Kernodle New Play Award and the 2020 winner of the New Works Initiative. Her TV pilot “Summerland” was a finalist at the 2021 Big Apple Film Festival, as well as a semifinalist at the 2021 NYC International Screenplay Contest and the Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest. She has also served as a guest lecturer at the University of Arkansas, NYU, and Hunter College, and has taught screenwriting workshops in collaboration with The Writer's Rock, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and more.
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