The Storyteller’s Guide To Better Videos

My favorite story about a story…

My favorite story about a story… Baby carriage for sale, never used.

Storytelling is a powerful tool. With it, you can turn this…

Into these…

Film is a powerful medium that combines the qualities of all other forms of communication into a singular experience. It can be at once heard, read and seen. All of its techniques

can be understood as the creation, definition and manipulation of a single unique element for the storyteller:

TIME

Film can condense time, expand time, repeat time, capture time, stop time and fool time. The one thing it can’t do is escape it. Every

decision you make as a storyteller in film comes down to this:

What you are going to do with your audience’s time?

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

1. Know your audience.

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

1.  Know your audience. 2. Choose one thing to say.

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

1.  Know your audience. 2. Choose one thing to say. 3. The ending is a great place to start.

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

1.  Know your audience. 2. Choose one thing to say. 3. The ending is a great place to start. 4. Choose the privileged view.

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

1.  Know your audience. 2. Choose one thing to say. 3. The ending is a great place to start. 4. Choose the privileged view. 5. A face is a great location.

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

1.  Know your audience. 2. Choose one thing to say. 3. The ending is a great place to start. 4. Choose the privileged view. 5. A face is a great location. 6. B-Roll is a four letter word.

Filmmaking 101: Rules of engagement for storytelling.

1.  Know your audience. 2. Choose one thing to say. 3. The ending is a great place to start. 4. Choose the privileged view. 5. A face is a great location. 6. B-Roll is a four letter word. 7. Will it get watched twice?

Storytelling principals in action:

The Timeline.

Storytelling principals in action:

A story for every budget.

The Storyteller’s Guide To Better Videos

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