It’s film school week again, and I’m here early so I can get some work done. Yesterday was an all-day seminar with Ingolf Gabold, former head of national tv channel DR’s drama department, where he was responsible for developing series such as Borgen, Sommer and Forbrydelsen (aka. The Killing, remade in the US). Gabold took […]
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Film School Confidential: 5 GREAT STORYTELLING TIPS
I’m not really at school this week but I went today anyway. Kim Fupz Aakeson (ex-cartoonist, screenwriter) was speaking and I didn’t want to miss that. Aakeson is usually smart, funny and very hands-on in his approach. Sure enough, quite a few nuggets fell into my notepad. Here are some of them: Story structure in […]
Film School Confidential: CONTRASTS
As promised, here are some highlights from this week’s programme at the National Film School of Denmark’s screenwriting Master Class: Monday we looked at how characters are introduced, studying the first sequences from The Godfather Part III, and in the afternoon I had a meeting with my script consultant, who gave me this book by John […]
Film School Confidential: CHARACTER DEVELOPEMENT
I’m attending The National Film School of Denmark these days, studying screenwriting in a 1-year Master Class. This new topic “Film School Confidential” is my idea of taking notes; sharing what I learn with you! The structure of movies has seeped in to a lot of other genres, books, comics, computer games. So I recommend […]