Content Tabs
This course is a combination of interactive teaching and practical exercises.
You will be asked to try out each technique as it is taught and may ask as many questions as you like during the session – being actively encouraged to contribute to discussions.
In the film industry “a picture is worth a thousand words”
Writers who cannot tell a story visually cannot expect to survive in modern independent cinema. They will also find it increasingly difficult to make progress in television. The days when the only skill a screenwriter needed was the ability to write good dialogue are over.
Cinema and television are the world’s most powerful storytelling mediums precisely because visual storytelling is so compelling. Every second of a film contains thousands of pieces of visual information, which the audience use to understand the story. When combined with audio (dialogue, music, sound effects), cinematic storytelling is totally absorbing and immersive.
This fact, that cinema works precisely because it is visual, presents a genuine challenge to every screenwriter. How can we write scripts that adequately tell the story (visually) without writing a thousand words for each moment?
This is one of the greatest technical challenges facing modern Screenwriters.
In this course, Clive Frayne, will teach 6 basic steps to help you master writing concise, visually dynamic, cinematic, storytelling.
These are:
- Simple tools to create a compelling Fictional World
- Character introductions (and why they really matter)
- Using the Fictional World as a Character
- Emotional Beats vs. Plot Points
- The Invisible Tour Guide (stop Imagining the movie!)
- Dynamic Formatting (how you tell vs. what you tell)
The session will teach you the techniques and give you the opportunity to try out these techniques in a safe, guided, environment.
We will also provide a set of resources to help your progress and future development.
Please fill in the application form, attaching your CV
If you need any assistance please contact us at shortcourses@nfts.co.uk or call us on 01494 677 903
Full payment (Freelance Rate) taken upon application