Screenwriting for Fiction Short Films
Write for a production team
A course by Alejandra Moffat , Author and screenwriter
About the video: Write for a production team
Overview
“The script will be the guide for the entire production team, so it is essential that it contains the tone of the film, the relationship that you want to establish with the viewer. We will review our rundown delving into the tone we want for our script and the relationship we want to establish with a future viewer.”
In this video lesson Alejandra Moffat addresses the topic: Write for a production team, 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
“Write for a production team When you write scripts, you know you are working for a large team. I'm not talking about having to be a thousand people it is bigger than yourself. Even if you direct your own short film, you will need someone that is in sound, you're going to need someone to photograph the film. If you want to photograph and direct, you are going to have to split your head, in saying how I enhance the image of this film. You're going to need some localization design, some art design. Deep down is putting in flesh all the things you had in your head, this guide, this map, which i...”
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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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