The Course
💡 Module 1: The Origin of the Idea and Authenticity Objective: Find your own voice and transform inspiration into storytelling material. Where an idea is born: Explore life experiences, memories, and personal suggestions as a creative reservoir. Authorial talent: Identify your uniqueness and the genre best suited to your artistic sensitivity. The logline and the synopsis: Learn how to summarize your initial intuition into a clear, strong, and compelling premise. 🧠 Module 2: Character Psychology Objective: Create three-dimensional, believable, and unforgettable figures. Character anatomy: Desires, needs, inner conflicts, and flaws (fatal flaw). The empathetic bond: How to make the reader or viewer emotionally attach to the protagonist. Relationships and dynamics: Building alliances, contrasts, and oppositions (protagonist, antagonist, secondary characters). 📚 Module 3: Narrative Structure (Technique and Architecture) Objective: Master the "tools of the trade" to give shape to your story. The shape of the story: How to structure the setup, plot points, climax, and resolution. Pacing and rhythm: Managing sequences, narrative tension, and moments of pause (technical storytelling). Subtext: Showing without telling, letting emotions emerge through actions and dialogue.
What You'll Learn
- Idea Development
Teachers.
2 guide che accompagnano il percorso
Regia · Sceneggiatura
FabioGilioli
A historian active in researching and promoting museum archives, he combines historical research with in-depth expertise in genre cinema, with a focus on fantasy, horror, and historical narrative.
With a degree in Film Direction and Screenwriting, he combines archival analysis with narrative and visual writing.
He has gained experience on several independent film sets and is active as a screenwriter and author.
He directed the short film The Lord's Final Trend, his debut work that blends folklore and fantasy.
Regia · Sceneggiatura · Produzione · Recitazione
SaraSchiavone
Director, screenwriter, and founder of the production company Caora Film.
Having graduated with a thesis on historical and propaganda cinema, she combines writing and directing with teaching as a screenwriting instructor in secondary schools and private training programs.
She has gained direct experience on the sets of internationally renowned productions, including Giulia Grandinetti's Majonezë (nominated for a David di Donatello Award and shortlisted for the Oscars).
The author of short films and documentaries distributed nationally and internationally—including Little Bird and Twentyseven: Sister Portrait—she is currently working on her feature-length directorial debut, La Diletta da mio padre.
With Caora Film, born from an experience in the Irish landscape and founded on the synergy between cinema and nature, she produces original works and promotes international artistic residencies for emerging authors.