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THE ELEMENTS OFSTORYTELLING
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The Six Elements of
Storytelling Character
Plot
Conflict
Resolution
Setting
Theme
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Character
The story is about characters
You cant tell a story without characters
Background tells the past of your characters Where they came from what events in their past are influencing their present actions
Character arcs make sure to have a map of howcharacter changes through the story
Beyond the written word with multimedia projects,youre not just telling a good story, youre showing it
Sound, photos that illustrate their back stories
Are they available for a film or audio interview?
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Plot
How you tell what happens (or whathappened) in a story
Its not simply what happened in a story, butthe arrangement of how the story ispresented
A good plot has a great beginning- hook
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Point of View
The perspective through which the story willbe told
The typical points of view are First person the story is told from the
perspective of the person experiencing the plot the events is limited to their own experiences
Third person omniscient the story is told fromthe perspective of someone who is aware ofeverything, even what your characters arethinking
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Plot
Third person limited perspective is one where animaginary character follows another character
Dividing your Projects Plot will help you break
you projects down into scenes Create an outline of your project
Once the outline is complete- create storyboards,comps and navigation
Nonlinear plots viewers should be able tochoose how they want to experience the story Navigation should be available for them to experience
different sections
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Conflict
Conflict is what makes a plot interesting
It drives your characters to action
Its the problem the characters are trying tosolve in a story
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Resolution
The resolution of your story is where you tellhow the issues panned out
The resolution should tie up all the loose endsand bring the conflict to a successful close
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Setting
It is simply where the story takes place
It is where multimedia can have a serious
impact You can establish setting through the design
of the project, audio, photographs, video andwords you include in your copy
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Typography
Choice of fonts can have a great impact andreadability
Focus on two types of fonts headline and body
fonts Headline fonts sized bigger than about 18
points
Serif fonts are more classical and traditional
Script faces are more personal
Body copy should be easy to read; dont make itso small
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Typography
Avoid serif body copy serif faces have thinfinishing strokes- harder to read especiallyon TV screens
Make sure you view your project in theenvironment in which it will be viewed
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Design
The design of your project also helpsestablish the setting
Use props throughout your design fonts,colors
Five rules of design Contrast
Alignment Proximity
Repitition
Subtraction
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Five Rules of Design
Contrast means making things clear
Alignment things should align to each other to establishthe flow of the viewers eye movement usually left, center, or right justified
Dont mix too many alignments Top left to the bottom right Bad alignment centering a long paragraph
Proximity things that belong together should be closetogether
A headline should be close to its body copy Series of thumbnails should be close together if youre
highlighting them as a group
Repetition using the same elements of design throughoutthe entire project
Subtraction removing unnecessary parts
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Audio and Voices
Narration take some time to auditiondifferent people for the role
Some people get nervous in front of amicrophone
Recording performances ask people torecord things more than once
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Music
Background music should be used toreinforce setting
Pick the appropriate audio
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Video
File size is a factor in most online projects
Video is much larger and takes longer to load
than any other media Keep your video short and relevant
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Theme
The point youre trying to get across bypresenting the story
The reason for the project : Why are youdoing the project?
It may involve moral imperative youre tryingto teach the viewer
It may simply the subject of your project
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The Three Acts
Act I A typical motion picture; lasts about 20 minutes
long
Introduces the main characters, establishes thesituation, begins to establish the setting
The most important part of a television show
It sets up the conflict he hero or main character
has to overcome Set up your projects so that they begin with
something interesting, and give them a reason toclick through the rest of your project
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The Three Acts
Act II
It is usually longer than the other acts
It is where the most of the action takes place themiddle of the story
It presents a series of obstacles that must beovercome
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The Three Acts
Act III
It brings the story to an end
It brings about the resolution to the conflict
It emphasizes the theme of the movie