Masterclass: How to Find Your Authorial Voice in Audiovisual?

Writers Room Awareness Audiovisual Mídia e Entretenimento Storytelling Criatividade

The masterclass "How to find your authorial voice in audiovisuals" will explore the challenge of developing unique projects in the era of streaming. Mariana Bardan and Eduardo Melo, creators and screenwriters of "Cangaço Novo", will share their experiences of working with directors, producers and other creative partners from conception to release. The importance of positive communication, creative responsibility and writing strategies not only in the script room, but also in production and post-production. How to hone your writer's voice, including the concept of the "philosopher's stone" in the creative process to keep the soul of the project alive.

Speakers

Mariana Bardan | Palestrante

Mariana has taken several roles in the entertainment industry. She produced the São Paulo International Film Festival for five years. Than, she was media manager, camera operator and an interstitial writer freelancer for HBO Latin America Group. However, she found herself in screenwriting. Her very first one was Earth to Luna!, a preschooler TV series broadcasted to more than 70 countries. Since then, she has written live-action TV drama, animation sitcoms and web series. One of her projects is New Bandits, an action drama TV series featured by O2 Filmes for Amazon Studios.

Eduardo Melo | Palestrante

Eduardo Melo studied Applied and Computational Mathematics at the University of São Paulo, Cinema at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado and designed scripts at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. He is the creator and screenwriter of the series "Cangaço Novo", an action drama produced by O2 Filmes for Amazon Prime Video that had its world premiere on August 18, 2023 with its second season confirmed in 2024. Devoted to drama, it is the content area that follows his career, developing series and feature film projects in the action, police, adventure, comedy, suspense and horror genres.