Movie Training Tips – Learn to Be a Master Storyteller – The Story is Everything
by maureen_sill
Movie Training Tips – Learn to Be a Master Storyteller – The Story is Everything
If you want anyone to be interested in a movie that you make, you have to start with a story that is worth telling. Any good movie training tips should start with a basic lesson in good storytelling. Read on for an example of a bad story vs a good story.
This is how the first story starts: You went to visit an old friend at his house and he started telling you about his trip to the grocery store that week. He started it something like this.
“On Monday I went to the Safeway down on Main Street to buy some groceries. First I went to the meat section and got some ground beef and pork chops. Then I went down the produce aisle for some apples and pears. Then I went down the bread aisle for a loaf of rye bread”….
You’re getting the gist, I’m sure. Now, the friend may go on to describe his entire shopping trip in great detail,