Screenwriting (Bachelor’s Degree in Filmmaking)

1. The basis of dramaturgy: human attention and conflict.

2. The causal argument: main character – target – obstacles.

• • Act 1 – Act 2 – Act 3
  • Unity of action and causality
  • Type of turns
  • Crescendo of obstacles: how to create it and how to get out of it

3. Information management: dramatic irony / mystery / surprised.

4. Information seeding: main functions.

5. Other arguments:

• • Process towards intimacy
  • Process towards separation
  • Meandering
  • Descriptive

Training activities:

1. Face-to-face theory classes
2. Tutored work
3. Independent work

Teaching methodologies:

1. Lectures: presentation of the contents of the subject by the teaching staff.
2. Practical exercises: formulation, analysis, resolution or debate of a problem related to the subject of the course, with the aim of learning through the practice of programmed knowledge or skills.

Writing exercises

ARISTÒTIL (1998). Retòrica. Poètica. Barcelona: Edicions 62.   

BENTLEY, E. La vida del drama. Barcelona: Paidós, 1981  

CHION, MICHEL (1989). Cómo se escribe un guion. Madrid: Cátedra.  (Ecrire un scénario. Cahiers du Cinéma, Paris, 1985).  

FIELD, SYD (1995). El manual del guionista. Madrid: Plot Ediciones. (The Screenwriter’s Workbook. Bantam Dell, Nova York, 1984).  

LAVANDIER, I (2001). La dramaturgia. Barcelona: Alba Editorial. (La dramaturgie. Le clown et l’enfant, Paris, 1994).  

MCKEE, ROBERT (2002). El guion. Sustancia, estructura, estilo y principios de la escritura de guiones. Barcelona: Alba Editorial.  (Story: Substance, Structure, Style and Principles of Screenwriting. Regan Books, Nova York, 1997). 

PARENT ALTIER, DOMINIQUE (2005). Sobre el guión. Buenos Aires: La marca editora. (Approche du scénario, Nathan, Paris, 1997).  

SÁNCHEZ ESCALONILLA, ANTONIO (2001). Estrategias de guion cinematográfico. Barcelona: Ariel. 

SEGER, LINDA (2007). Cómo convertir un buen guion en un guion excelente. Madrid: Rialp. (Making a Good Script Great. Dodd, Mead & Company inc, Nova York, 1987).  

VOGLER, CHRISTOPHER (1992). The Writer’s Journey. Studio City: Michael Wiese Productions. 

VORHAUS, JOHN (2005). Cómo orquestar una comedia. Barcelona: Alba editorial. (The Comic Toolbox. Silman-James Press, Los Angeles, 1994).