Caderno de errâncias: exercícios de criação para roteiristas

Abstract

This thesis compiles and proposes the application of creative techniques devised by the Dadaists, the Surrealists, the OuLiPo group, and the author herself, adapted to the creation of fictional film screenplays. The methods, called “recipes", “games” and “axioms”, respectively, are presented as techniques that can be employed as exercises in artistic endeavors, understood in a broad sense, serving as stimuli for creation. The study raises the possibility that playful operations foster the use of creativity and that practice unconcerned with results can be beneficial for the author/creator in the long term. As a result of the study, an "Exercise Book", as it was called, was developed, consisting of 50 practical activities with instructions and observations that clarify and guide the reader/creator in its use and application in the activity of creating fictional film screenplays.