Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

Overview

“As future screenwriters, we're going to look at films analytically to extract their premise, their basic structure, and how the writer used their narrative tools. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: How to watch a movie analytically, 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

“How to watch a movie analytically In this lesson we are going to watch a movie to analyze it as future screenwriters, trying to extract from it its main structure and some narrative elements. Let's extract the main skeleton from it. The first act, the second act and the third act or what is the same, the beginning, the middle and the end, with the two turning points marking the act changes. Sole Witness is a 1985 film directed by Peter Weir. and I selected it because it has a script with a very classic structure, a script very studied by many scriptwriters and that is a great example of how...”

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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