Improvisation and dialogue for screenwriting

The course offers a practical and engaging immersion into improvisation as a creative tool for dialogue. Throughout the sessions, instructors will encourage participants to think with agility, unleash imagination, and explore scenic play. Each class begins with a brief theoretical introduction to dialogue fundamentals, followed by group improvisation dynamics. Class 1 | Warm-up and trust exercises. Class 2 | Active listening and active listening techniques. Quick reaction exercises. Class 3 | Character development and techniques for rapidly developing characters. Physical and vocal transformation exercises. Class 4 | Narrative and narrative structure elements in improvisation. Scene creation with beginning, middle, and end. Class 5 | Spontaneity and creativity. Techniques to foster spontaneity. Free association games. Class 6 | Principles of theatrical improvisation. About the instructors: Luísa Guanabara is a screenwriter and screenwriting instructor. Graduate in Radio and TV, postgraduate in Screenwriting for Cinema and TV, and Master's degree in Literature and Literary Criticism. She taught at the International Cinema Academy (AIC) and has been a screenwriting instructor at the Museum of Image and Sound since 2019. She wrote the feature film