creating compelling digital stories

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Making Compelling Digital Stories

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What Works?

Shape of Storiesstandard formula for screenplay = three act

structure, aka Freytag Pyramid

http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ

Kurt Vonnegout on the Shapes of Stories

http://youtu.be/DHeqQAKHh3M

Paul Zak: Empathy, Neurochemistry,

and the Dramatic Arc

Nancy Duarte Analyzes Effective Speeches

Comparing what is (the status quo) with what could be, eventually conveying to the audience the idea of “the new bliss.”

www.duarte.com/books/resonate/sparkline-overview/

The Hookopening question, provocative statement

youtu.be/IG1ZkW_u_Bw

Lost Flash Drive - Remixed then Returned

http://www.slideshare.net/fuzheado/teaching-visual-storytelling-the-five-shot-method-and-beyond

BBC Five Shot Method

• closeup on hands• closeup on face• wide shot• over the shoulder• unusual/side shot

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Planning

http://youtu.be/QOeaC8kcxH0

Storyboarding Toy Story

Storyboarding any way you can

http://youtu.be/U1a1CmIpUBA

Animatics - video storyboardsketches and music/audio

Two Genres

Docudrama

PSA