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This document discusses key concepts in cinematic storytelling and screenwriting structure. It notes that screenwriting is a dramatic form where stories are told through characters' actions and their struggle to achieve goals despite obstacles. An effective screenplay follows classic story structures like three-act structure and introduces the main character, their goal, and the conflicts that arise in the first act. The document provides guidance on developing plotlines and pitching stories in a clear and conversational manner. It emphasizes that screenwriting is about constructing a story through an organized structure and flow of information.

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This document discusses key concepts in cinematic storytelling and screenwriting structure. It notes that screenwriting is a dramatic form where stories are told through characters' actions and their struggle to achieve goals despite obstacles. An effective screenplay follows classic story structures like three-act structure and introduces the main character, their goal, and the conflicts that arise in the first act. The document provides guidance on developing plotlines and pitching stories in a clear and conversational manner. It emphasizes that screenwriting is about constructing a story through an organized structure and flow of information.

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What do we mean by cinematic

story and form?


we

see most movies with a pretty good idea of what to


expect from the story.

we know that the storys primary question the whats this


about - will be resolved before the movie can end.

Its the screenwriters job to craft a story that responds to


this mix of familiar conventions and audience expectations
and find a way to make it feel fresh and original.

Basic characteristics of screen story


First, screenwriting is a dramatic form, which means that
were creating a script for actors to perform in front of the
cameras.
Dramatic Action, a term that refers to character movement with
consequence.

A movie story is told in the cut, or in the editing process. The film
will be composed of many short fragments of action that come
together.
multi-track, telling its story in many ways. For example, we will
see the action, but we can also hear speech in the story world and
hear it as voice over.
Its an external form, so we see what characters say and do, but
we arent privy to their thoughts and feelings, as you might be in a
novel. Its up to the screenwriter to create action that implies the
characters inner life, to make that inner life accessible to us.

Developing stories
Stories happen because somebody wants something and has
trouble getting it.
The Somebody gives us a character. Not just a name,
but a person in a specific place, at a specific time, living a
specific life.
The Wants Something gives us a goal, the story
question that will be what this film is about.
And Has Trouble Getting It gives us the conflict. It
provides obstacles that the character must overcome to
achieve their goal. These obstacles will ask difficult
questions, and the response will come to change and define
the character.
Whats great about it? Whats exciting about this? Thats the
key. Why is this material compelling? To You.
Developing a basic storyline

We can approach this in many ways but to help get us started, we


are going to develop a short verbal pitch, which is a simple way
to summarise a story. It can be used as a selling tool, but it also
makes a very good tool to start the writing process.
The best way is to simply know your story and be confident
enough to relate it in a clear, conversational manner. This is
storytelling, and our goal is simply to engage our audience.
The Five Finger Pitch: an explanation

It have to be conversational: Historia de SCI-FI. Hombre ciudad.


What is story structure?

It refers to the process of organising the story and


constructing the screenplays plot.
Story structure is concerned with the order and timing of the
events that take place in the film, so, its concerned with the flow
of information who knows what, and when
Movies are structure and thats all they are. The quality of writing
which is crucial in almost every other form of literature is not
what makes a screenplay work.
The only aesthetic is to be clear A screenplay, as a piece of
writing, is merely the scaffolding for a building someone else is
going to build However many months I spend writing a
screenplay, I never feel as if Ive been writing at all. Ive been
constructing a story
The Three Act Structure

George Abbott: In the first act, your hero gets stuck in a tree. In
the second act, you throw stones at him. In the third act, you get
him out of the tree. Dont write a story to match with the structure.
20-50-25 Rythm
1. Intruduce the main carachter with some action that explains
him also the world of the carachter. Climax at the end of
act one. How to watch these film: tell the language of the
film.

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