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		<title>Structure (1)</title>
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&#8220;Content lies in the structure, in what happens, not in what the characters say.&#8221;
Impro Keith Johnstone

&#8220;El contenido reside en la estructura, en lo que ocurre, no en lo que dicen los personajes.&#8221;
Impro Keith Johstone
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<span class="eng">&#8220;Content lies in the structure, in what happens, not in what the characters say.&#8221;</span><br />
<span class="eng"><em>Impro </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Johnstone">Keith Johnstone</a></span><br />
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<p><span class="postcontent">&#8220;El contenido reside en la estructura, en lo que ocurre, no en lo que dicen los personajes.&#8221;</span><br />
<span class="postcontent"><em>Impro </em>Keith Johstone<i/span></p>
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		<title>What Does A Screenplay Look Like? (2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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 This is something no one will ever teach you. It’s a mere “sequential breakdown”. It contains the entire film to be contemplated at a glance. Here you can see its duration, its rhythm, the dramatic development, the relations between its different plots, the story’s strength… All of it! (and then, some more).
Now, why hasn’t [...]]]></description>
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<p><span class="eng"> This is something no one will ever teach you. It’s a mere “sequential breakdown”. It contains the entire film to be contemplated at a glance. Here you can see its duration, its rhythm, the dramatic development, the relations between its different plots, the story’s strength… All of it! (and then, some more).<br />
Now, why hasn’t anybody told you about this? How come screenwriting manuals don’t even mention it?<br />
Quite easy, because it’s an internal work document that screenwriters never show anybody. Ever!<br />
Most people aren’t interested in learning how much of the script writing process is organic. They prefer something a bit “smoother”. To use a medical equivalent, they would choose to look at a functional scheme of the human body over watching images from a surgery (not to mention attending one in person!).<br />
We find a diagram to be clearer (as in simple) and less aggressive (as in aseptic).<br />
The sequential breakdown, as occurs with the outline, is not the script (and even less is it the film). It’s rather an embryonic definition that answers most of the questions that in this phase of writing we need to be able to ask and answer ourselves.<br />
Even so, as a document, it is fragile enough to suffer irreparable damage if treated carelessly.<br />
And this is the reason why screenwriters are reluctant to show this type of breakdown. Who would sink the ship before it reaches port?<br />
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<p><span class="postcontent">Esto es algo que nadie, nunca, te va a enseñar. Se trata simplemente de una “escaleta por secuencias”. Aquí tienes toda la película, y la puedes contemplar a simple vista. Puedes ver la duración, el ritmo, el desarrollo dramático, la relación entre las diferentes tramas, los puntos fuertes de la historia… ¡Todo eso! (y alguna cosa más).<br />
Entonces… ¿Por qué nadie te ha hablado de ello? ¿Por qué los manuales sobre escritura de guión ni siquiera lo mencionan?<br />
Fácil. Porque es un documento interno de trabajo que el guionista no enseña a nadie. ¡A nadie!<br />
La escritura de un guión es un proceso demasiado orgánico como para ser plato de gusto de muchos. La mayoría prefiere algo “más suave”. Por poner un equivalente médico, optarían por ver un esquema del funcionamiento del cuerpo humano antes que ver las imágenes de una intervención quirúrgica (¡por no hablar de asistir en persona!).<br />
El diagrama nos resulta más claro (por simple) y menos agresivo (por aséptico).<br />
La escaleta de secuencias, como el esquema, no es el guión (y mucho menos la película), pero es un embrión lo suficientemente definido como para responder a muchas de las cuestiones que, en esta fase de escritura, tenemos que ser capaces de preguntarnos y responder.<br />
Aún así, también es un documento lo suficientemente frágil como para, si se trata con brusquedad, sufrir daños irreparables.<br />
De ahí que los guionistas ofrezcan cierta resistencia a mostrar este tipo de escaleta. ¿Quién querría hundir el barco antes de llegar a puerto?<br />
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		<title>What Does A Screenplay Look Like? (1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Sometimes you have asked yourself: &#8220;What does a screenplay look like?˝ So, here you have the answer. This is not a synopsis, nor a treatment or a screenplay. It&#8217;s just the blueprint to build them all, but without it, I would have nothing.
This, in fact, is the map from the screenplay I&#8217;ve written this summer. [...]]]></description>
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<p><span class="eng">Sometimes you have asked yourself: &#8220;What does a screenplay look like?˝ So, here you have the answer. This is not a synopsis, nor a treatment or a screenplay. It&#8217;s just the blueprint to build them all, but without it, I would have nothing.<br />
This, in fact, is the map from the screenplay I&#8217;ve written this summer. Some things have lasted, some have changed, but I never felt lost. Keeping my path, finding my way&#8230; expecting surprises, sure. That&#8217;s what screenwriting is all about. But if you have a blueprint pinned to the wall next to you, you know you will arrive safe and sound. Or won&#8217;t.</span><br />
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<span class="postcontent">A veces te has preguntado: &#8220;Qué pinta tiene un guión de cine&#8221;? Bueno, aquí tienes la respuesta. Esto no es una sinopsis, ni un tratamiento ni un guión. Es sólo el plano para construirlos, pero sin él, no tendría nada.<br />
Éste, de hecho, es el mapa del guión que he escrito este verano. Algunas cosas se han mantenido, otras han cambiado, pero en ningún momento me sentí perdido. Siguiendo mi línea, buscando mi camino&#8230; esperando sorpresas, seguro. De eso va esto de escribir. Pero si tienes un plano en la pared a tu lado, sabes que llegarás sano y salvo. O no.</span>
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