Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll explain the basic screenwriting tools—from idea to character to three-act structure—behind most stories written for film. This way, we can apply them to our own project. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Basic script tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film. Develop effective film scripts, from concept development to narrative structure and engaging dialogue..

Partial transcription of the video

“Basic script tools We are only interested in one thing. Do you know how to tell a story? Can you make us laugh or cry, Can you make us explode and sing for joy? As you have seen in this cut of "Barton Fink", our obligation as writers is to make people laugh, make them cry, make them dance, make them sing, in short, move the viewers. In this lesson we are going to know the basic principles and tools of screenwriting. The first thing we have to know is what is not a script because many people think that a script is the dialogues, And it's not the dialogues. That a script is what the actors do...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

• Level: Beginner
• 67% positive reviews (3)
• 602 students
• 7 units
• 101 lessons (17h 57m)
• 68 downloads

• Category

  Writing

• Areas

  Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, TV, Writing