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The Mystery of Story Telling
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Stories
What are they?
Why are they so compelling?
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Millions of people want to tell their stories…
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…but they are BORING!
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Why is it so difficult to write stories?
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Stories are more about…
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audience
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..than they are about..
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character
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plot
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or storyteller
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The basis of storytelling is the creative understanding of the human behavior.
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Stories defines us, not language!
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Why so compelling?
What compels people to tell stories?
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George Orwell generalizes it as because of…
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George Orwell generalizes it as because of…
• Sheer egotism
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George Orwell generalizes it as because of…
• Sheer egotism
• Immortality
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George Orwell generalizes it as because of…
• Sheer egotism
• Immortality
• Try to make world a better place
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George Orwell generalizes it as because of…
• Sheer egotism
• Immortality
• Try to make world a better place
• Avenge! i.e, getting back to the people who put you down
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FormulaIs there any structure for storytelling?
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Aristotle has defined a formula which comprise of three words…
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Pity
Connects audience emotionally
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Emotional connection and identification makes audience fear for character
Fear
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Catharsis
Release character from the worse situations to make audience feel catharsis
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Suffering, struggle and overcoming
Will this alone make a better story…?
No.
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Why Stories?
To tell stories better, understand “why do we need stories?”
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Masai tribe
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Rehearse fear
Ancient cinema
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That’s why we have literature, theater and cinema to make people experience something that they can relate with themselves
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Case study
American cinema verses European cinema
Why American movies travel far better than European movies?
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Accessible Characters
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Sentimental happy endings
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Two thirds of dialogs as compared to European movies
Humans believe on what they see more than what they hear!
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Shorter scenes
Allows audience to fill the gap and thus makes them active viewer Allows insertion of music which helps to connect audience emotionally better
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The idea here is to engage audience emotionally and intellectually, keep them active and make them feel as if they are watching their own reflection on screen.
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Recap
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Credits
This presentation is based on the work and TED talk given by Julian Friedmann
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Disclaimer
Created by Namrata Yadav, IIT Roorkee, during an internship byProf. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
www.IIMinternship.com
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Thank you!