Class Script Writing

This unit has the following objectives: 1. To teach screenwriting fundamental principles and concepts. 2. To develop critic and analytic abilities in relation to films and screenplays. 3. To promote the creation of scenes, characters and stories through writing exercises

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1. Screenplay. 1.1. Screenplay. 1.2. Screenplay functions. 1.3. Screenwriting steps: storyline. Synopsis. Step-Outline. Treatment. 1.4. Format. 1.5. Language. 2. Story. 2.1. Narrative. 2.2. Story and Plot. 2.3. Theme. 2.4. Premise. 2.5. Conflict. 3. Character. 3.1. Physical, social and psychological characterization. 3.2. Biography e Backstory. 3.3. Goal and obstacles. 3.4. Motivation. 3.5. Inner Conflict. 3.6. Protagonist. Antagonist. Secondary characters. 4. Time. 4.1. Story time. Plot time. 4.2 Order. Duration. Frequency. 4.3. Flash-back and Flash-forward. 4.4. Ellipsis. 4.5 .Compression e Dilation. 4.6. Montage . 4.7. Parallel Action. 5. Space. 5.1. Story universe. 5.2. Space functions. 5.3. Sets and props. 5.4. "Mise-en-Scéne". 5.5. Off-screen space. 6. Scene. 6.1. Scene. Sequence. Act. 6.2. Scene function

interdisciplinary project

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