LA DISCRIMINACIÓN CONTRA NIÑOS MIGRANTES EN LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
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In every story (and short story of course), you must decide different aspects of your protagonist before having him/her act. Otherwise, people won't be able to empathize with him, and the story will loose it's strength.
Here is a simple checklist:
Remember, it is utterly important that you get to know your characters before writing about them. I am sure you could easily and perfectly write a story about your best friend or a family member. You know what challenges them the most, and the ways they are going to try to resolve their problems. Try to familiarize yourself with your protagonist, so much that you might even feel he or she has been part of your life for a long time. Then, and only then, will you be able to write his/her story.
My students at WEFIS have asked me this lots of times . Writing a short story is very different from writing a full length feature film in that there is almost no time to explain things.
One must use every tool, be it visual, dialogue or plot, to introduce the viewer to the story problem, make him empathize with whomever you wish to, and keep him interested in the outcome.
In order to be able to fit all this in such a short period of time -say, one minute-, one must start the story at the very end of it. There's no time to develop your character traits on different scenes. Instead, you must present them as they are at the moment of conclusion.
I developed a quick formula so my students could easily start creating their stories. Before starting to write anything, I recommend you to define the following aspects of your short script:
We have been exploring Dramatica at Avikoo Studios (where I work at), and our first impression was that it was a very limiting writing tool.
A couple of weeks later though, we discovered how powerful a tool it could prove to be, specially when you understand that the software works along with you, providing a framework to thread your ideas.
I have to admit that it does take a while to understand the terminology that the authors use. We have been studying it for around a year now. The science behind this "Dramatica Theory" is so ample and thorough, that I couldn't believe anyone could actually grab all this information in a shorter period of time.
All in all, I would definitely recommend any writer to give Dramatica a try with any story he/she has previously developed and see what comes out of it.
I'll be posting some tips about using this theory to improve your stories.
Regards!
Maurice
Manu's Adventure script is finished, and now we have to redo the storyboards. Our deadline is three weeks from now, so i'll be kind of busy until then.
There's around 110 scenes and more than 300 shots in the movie, so go figure!
See you in three weeks!
Maop
I just finished writing a script for my very own short film. It is about two men fighting for the love of a damiselle in the 1600's. Things happen in "El reino de la nueva España", or what is the same, Mexico before it's independence.
Next, I'll be casting actors and having the clothes designed and made. I'll post the designs here so you can vote for the ones you like the best :)
There are a couple of CG effects involved, which I hope will come out easy. Lot's of planning for a newbie filmmaker, but then again, I love the art of filmmaking, so why not take the time to do things perfectly.
I'll keep you posted.
As you already know, my friends and I are really into 3D animation. Some of us had the chance to go to a school, and others had to learn by clicking buttons.
Half of us come from spanish speaking countries, and we noticed that there was no website to find animation schools in our language, so we decided to create a simple one. It is called Escuelas de animacion.
The thing is. What makes an animation school a good one? We gathered with a cup of coffee and muffins in the table and discussed this lenghtly. Finally we drew some conclusions and also printed them on our webpage (http://www.escuelasdeanimacion.com )
We hope that whoever visits our website will find this information useful. If you have any comments, please let me know through this blog.
Go now to our brand new site :) http://www.escuelasdeanimacion.com
P.S. This site was elaborated between 7 people according to our own experience. Disclaimer: We assume no responsibility for decisions taken on this information. This said, please go and enjoy esucelas de animacion.