Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

Overview

“One of the biggest mistakes a screenwriter can make is not thinking about the viewer, focusing only on what happens to the characters and forgetting that the most important thing in a script is what happens to the viewer. In this lesson, I'll teach you how to put yourself in your audience's shoes and think about the impact you can have on them.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: The viewer is the protagonist of your script, 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

“The viewer is the protagonist of your script In that lesson I will tell you something that many script theorists forget, that the true protagonist of the script is not a character, but the spectator. When we think about the structure of the script or the step outline, we must avoid falling into what I call the schizophrenia of script gurus. This schizophrenia consists in the fact that in his books many pages are devoted to telling us how to excite, how to move, how to surprise the viewer. That's very good. However, when they examine the structure, what they have done to think of the viewer ...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

• Level: Beginner
• 67% positive reviews (3)
• 601 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