Screenwriting for Fiction Short Films
The cut of the scenes
A course by Alejandra Moffat , Author and screenwriter
About the video: The cut of the scenes
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain how dialogue works in the cinema, we will also see when to start and when to cut the action in a scene, how ellipsis works. How the sequences are generated and how we make them have a good rhythm. All this applied to our rundown.”
In this video lesson Alejandra Moffat addresses the topic: The cut of the scenes, 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
“The cut of the scenes In this lesson I will explain how dialogue works in a scene, how the cut works between one scene and another, how can we make a sequence have a good rhythm. I want you to see this rundown that I made of a possible short film and we will see the scenes and we will evaluate how it works. So the first scene of this short film would be: "Carlos tells his friend Ana that she wants to separate from her boyfriend Fabian ". The second is "Carlos tells Ana crying that he separated from Fabian." "Carlos goes to therapy and tells the psychologist who is sad about the separation a...”
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Course summary for: Screenwriting for Fiction Short Films
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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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