Screenwriting for Fiction Short Films
What will we do in the course
A course by Alejandra Moffat , Author and screenwriter
About the video: What will we do in the course
Overview
“Before starting to write a short film, you have to connect with the things that move you, mobilize you and interest you to share with an audience in the future. For that, I will share a methodology that has been very useful to me when it comes to approaching the writing processes: a brainstorming that contains themes, actions, characters, emotions and locations.”
In this video lesson Alejandra Moffat addresses the topic: What will we do in the course, which is part of the Domestika online course: Screenwriting for Fiction Short Films. Learn how to develop a story for cinema, from beginning to end.
Partial transcription of the video
“What will we do in the course What you will do in this course is design the rundown of your fiction short film script. An outline is the structure of a script. Having that structure allows us to visualize and organize our film. When I started writing, I didn't have a clear methodology and began to write in notebooks, notebooks, on napkins, movie ideas. Those ideas in general were the opening scenes of those short films or those feature films. And when time went by I realized that the rundown was essential to be able to make films that had a firm structure. What does a structure mean? A stru...”
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Course summary for: Screenwriting for Fiction Short Films
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Photography & Video, Writing -
Areas
Creative Writing, Film, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Narrative, Script, Writing
Alejandra Moffat
A course by Alejandra Moffat
Alejandra Moffat is passionate about stories in its multiple formats and facets. She writes novels, stories, and above all, a copious amount of scripts. During her studies, she wrote scripts in fiction, animation, documentary, as well as having advised for film productions in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, France, Germany, and other countries.
The films she has worked on have been awarded at international festivals like Berlinale, Rotterdam, FICUNAM, Havana Film Festival, Cinema Tropical, and Annecy.
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