Transform Your Writing Journey in 7 days

Join the Silver Membership to transform your Ideas into complete short film scripts

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This is a unique opportunity to receive guidance from top industry experts. Don't miss your chance to enhance your storytelling skills and move closer to realizing your filmmaking aspirations with the Silver Membership.

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Course Curriculum

Self-paced modules, watch anytime, anywhere.

Day 1 | Hook your Audience

The opening frame
Start with a Unique visual, character, situation
Twist or give half information. Make the audience crave for more.

A irrelevant hook make a disappointed audience
How to write an opening 10-20 seconds that immediately hooks the audience and sets up tone, character, or stakes.
Short films don’t get a second chance to earn attention.

Day 2 | Your Message

Stories wants to give a message / perspective

Brands have a cta to sell something
Episodes want you to go to the next oneHow to center the story around one strong, clear concept-a moment, question, twist, or emotion.
There’s no room for subplots. A focused idea helps the film land powerfully.
How to embed one deep human insight, emotion, or universal truth.
Even if short it touches the heart, it stays longer.

Day 3 | Story Change

What is the transformation in your story

Start with the opposite of the end you want
Change in character, world, perspective
Storytelling is problem solving. What problem is your audience solving.

Day 4 | Engaging Characters

Design characters that are instantly identifiable – through costume, action, or one clear trait.

Characters should be Unique or Relatable
No time for backstory. Immediacy is everything.

Day 5 | Show dont Tell

make it visual

Show more say less
2+2 =4. Let the audience join the dots
Say something, mean something else SUBTEXT
How to use action, visuals, and subtext instead o dialogue-heavy exposition.
Economy of storytelling is the key. What you show is often stronger than what’s said. And whats left out.

Day 6 | Efficient Structure

Micro 3 Acts: Setup, Conflict and Resolution

2 Beat: Setup and Punchline
Create Conflicts

Day 7 | End with Impact

How to land the story with either a question, an image, a surprise, or an emotional punctuation.

The ending often becomes the “share trigger.” Teach them to linger, not explain.
The power of a reversal, shift, twist, perspective change, or realization.
This is the most shared and remembered feature of great short films. It makes them feel complete.

Who is it for?

Aspiring Film Writers

Content Creator

YouTubers

Hindi Writers

Video Editors

Documentary Film Makers

Students

Set Designer

Entrepreneurs

Content Writers

Producers

Asst. Directors

Ankit Kothari

Ankit Kothari is a film director, script writer and Brand Storyteller. He has been assistant director on Oye Lucky Lucky Oye(2007), Love Sex aur Dhokha(2009) and Shanghai(2011) and Tumbad (2018)

His Short Film on friendship in the little rann of kutch : Paanchika was the Opening film at 51st Iffi (International Film Festival of India)

It premiered at the NYIFF (New York Indian Film Festival).
It screened at the prestigious International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany.

What you will get

Unlock the secrets of professional scriptwriting with Ankit Kothari’s exclusive course. Discover the key elements that make you a great script writer.