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Join writer and director Seth Worley as he gives a succinct break-down of the fundamentals of screenwriting, using established storytelling paradigms and well-known cinematic examples. This course is ideal for anyone new to screenwriting as well as established writers looking for refreshing ideas to help them organically flesh out a story.
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In the opening module to the course Seth introduces himself and talks about how he’d like you to approach this course.
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One of the easiest aspects of writing is coming up with an idea. Or maybe a bunch of ideas, but they aren’t a complete structured story. In this lesson Seth gives an introduction to his strategies to extract your story organically.
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Seth gives us an overview of the classic three-act-structure, distilling sources such as Joseph Campbell and Blake Schneider, before explaining how you can use this as a guideline to further massage your ideas into a story outline.
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Character archetypes are another established writing convention and in this module Seth runs through Joseph Campbell’s "Hero’s Journey” model for defining your story’s characters.
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Every story has a theme - it may be subtle or pronounced but without it there’s no thread tying the events together. Here Seth defines theme as it applies to screenwriting and discussed why you might choose to write from the theme rather than writing from the characters.
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In this lesson Seth introduces us to the story clock, an idea attributed to filmmaker JJ Abrams which gives you a 10,000 foot view of your story.
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Continuing to explore the story clock tool, Seth walks through an example of his creative process writing the short film “Old/New"
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Here Seth shares with us perhaps his most important strategy in writing, combine the concepts of micro and macro clocking to give you a manageable strategy to be productive in your screenwriting.
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Screenplays have a very standardised format and presentation. In this lesson Seth gives you a complete rundown of everything you need to know to ensure your script is to a professional standard and gives you the best chance of it being read.
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In the closing lesson to the course Seth discusses the inevitable limitations that come with writing, and how you can harness them to make your story better.
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In this bonus module Seth walks through all the resources available with the course.
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Seth Worley is the writer/director of short films and branded content for clients like JJ Abrams’s Bad Robot, Red Giant, Film Riot, Sandwich Video, and Steve Taylor. His work has been featured in Forbes, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Fast Company, Slate, io9, SlashFilm, HULU, The Tonight Show, and more.
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