Fundamentals of Screenwriting

The Screenwriting Fundamentals course aims to provide participants with the theoretical and practical foundations of writing for audiovisual media, film and television series, starting from the analysis of the most significant narratological theories and practical exercises leading to the final development of a synopsis, an outline and a logline as preparatory steps towards developing a screenplay and presenting it to the market.

INTRODUCTION
– Study and analysis of basic theories:
– the Hero’s Journey;
– the Heroine’s Journey;
– the character transformation arc.

FUNDAMENTALS
– How to develop a film story: the various stages of the process;
– how to structure a screenplay: the three acts.

MODEL ANALYSIS
– Reading, analysis and exercises based on outstanding screenplays and films: recognising the basic structure of a story through the outline.

CREATIVE WRITING PRACTICES
– Research and development of narrative ideas: the use of pre-existing materials;
– how to integrate and develop a film story: developing the second act.

JANUARY

09/01/27
16/01/27
23/01/27
30/01/27

FEBRUARY

06/02/27
13/02/27
20/02/27
27/02/27

Veronica Cascelli is a screenwriter, story editor and script consultant with over twenty years of experience in the development of film and television projects. A graduate in Screenwriting from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and in Film History and Criticism from Sapienza University of Rome, she combines her work as a writer with extensive experience in screenplay analysis and development.
Since 2018, she has worked as a Story Analyst for Rai Cinema, where she evaluates Italian and international screenplays, while for almost ten years she worked at RTI Fiction – Mediaset as a Story Editor and Production Delegate, overseeing the entire creative and production process of major television series, from story development through to post-production.
As a script consultant, she works with Italian and international film productions on the development and revision of screenplays, supporting writers and directors in constructing their stories. Alongside this, she teaches screenwriting and story editing and has taught, among others, at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Cinemadamare and Fondazione MAXXI.

In RUFA’s Screenwriting course, she guides students in learning the fundamental tools of audiovisual writing through an approach that combines theory, text analysis and workshop practice, conveying a working method directly derived from her experience in the film and television industry.