In a Director's Context....Define Story in one sentence. I dare you.....we all might learn a thing or two worth knowing...and using.
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Funding for upcoming Icelandic language Science Fiction short!
Check out the trailer and kickstarter for my upcoming short film. The project will be an exciting short, made to professional standards. With dark science fiction and gothic elements, it will draw on the tale of Red Riding Hood and Scandinavian mythology. Please enjoy, share, and donate if you can!...
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Hang on.. weird coincidence.. a friend who used to live in London, who's back in Iceland now, just got in touch. I'll put you in touch if you'd like - she's great.
London based film maker/designer :)
Hi everyone :) I'm a London based film maker, (as per the topic title). I've recently graduated from BA Performance Design from Central Saint Martins College UAL, and have spent the past three years working in various roles on short films. My main skill lies in Production Design and storyboarding, h...
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Hi Sam, yes, I'd like to see some of your work - please get in touch. I only just joined this, thru a friend, and have a screenplay I'd like you to read, if you have time. I'm London based, too. Thanks.
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Story is the audience's emotional engagement with what's happening. It is not plot. Plot provokes story.
A film story is a sequence of events told through or in the context of a character's experience, engaging the emotion and interest of the audience through presentation, performance, and sometimes popcorn.
Honesty in performance that reflects the emotional core of the story.
In the context of a director, I'd say a story is an excuse to fool a viewer to listen to a disguised, or sometimes even intentionally hidden, statement about society, morals or a deeper general truth;...
Expand commentIn the context of a director, I'd say a story is an excuse to fool a viewer to listen to a disguised, or sometimes even intentionally hidden, statement about society, morals or a deeper general truth; so that the viewer changes his mind on a topic or that he believes he has reached a new understanding of a matter on his own, without realizing he has been cleverly manipulated into creating the thoughts he believes are his own, by a carefully crafted composition. Now watch Inception again with that in mind and figure out what Nolan is trying to tell you... Sci-fi tends to be much deeper than people think.
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Will direct movies for food......with that being said, a story is about turning on the audience and making them hungry for the delivery in a multitude of twists and turns in a character's reach for his goals.