Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll talk about my method for discarding an idea, an anecdote, and a story with the potential to be told. I'll also show you how I apply this to the feature film project I'll be developing during the course. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Choosing what to tell, 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

“Choosing what to convey is the screenwriter's great dilemma. Is our narrative good. bad. or worthwhile? decision is crucial for storytelling success. we'll see that the criteria for any story are always the same: there's a timeline. a character experiences events. and those events change as time goes by. This is relevant to a story. even if someone tells us about a situation they went through where he encountered various events and certain adventures. it is crucial that this maintains the validity. To discover oneself and to become a script. one must ensure the narrative holds true to its c...”

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Course summary for: Specialization in Professional Screenwriting for Film

• Level: Beginner
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• 791 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