This intuitive yet
strikingly empowering seminar seeks nothing less
than identifying and fulfilling the newly necessary shifts in how we discuss, teach, and collaboratively create
story that are increasingly essential yet generally un-discussed for for success
in and for a rapidly changing
media industry in a rapidly changing world. It almost uniquely
equips attendees for literally unimagined success in their own work and career while also equipping
them to influence their industry as they go and help collectively
shape the future and practices of the industry itself. *
Unlike other workshops
and seminars that largely provide mechanical rules and so-called
principles of story that have to be translated or interpreted to be
used (and are by and large about describing or analyzing story rather
than creating it), this event is much more experiential, intuitive,
and interactive in learning to create story. Rather than
mechanically approach story and characters from the top down, where
most people get lost or stay stuck, this material shows how to
powerfully divine and give birth to powerfully resonant and moving
stories from the bottom up and vibrant living characters from the
inside out.
It does all this not
just with a view to the needs and contributions of writers, but of all
those who must collaborate in the realization of story and mission
from concept to completion in performance, on the page, or on the
screen. It uniquely speaks to possibilities, needs, and potentials of
a changing industry in a changing world by exploring living
story in relation to changing human, social, and audience issues and
needs. Ultimately, it is an immediately effective compass and guide to
critical paradigm and practices for creative commercial, and social
success,
By day's end, attendees
are exuberantly generating stories and life and career paths they did
not know they had in them (let alone could formulate and express so
quickly), they have a clearer picture and practical steps of how to
convey and promote their material and themselves in the industry and
world at large - even as they discover they can now better help to
divine and coach the best from others.
Regardless of your
current or desired role
in the creative and commercial processes of filmmaking, media
development, and/or strategic planning and project development in virtually any arena, everything
you do is a manifestation of story and storytelling.
If
you are a writer, you must divine, define, and powerfully express your story
in a way that speaks to and moves actors, directors, producers,
publishers, and ultimately an audience.
If
you are an actor, director, producer, or development exec, you must
clearly convey your needs and vision to guide your best from writers
AND know how to listen to draw out and get theirs.
If
you are a studio or marketing executive really worth your salt, you
must know how to assure you have the goods for more than just a
marketing campaign for a successful opening weekend.
And
if you are a planner, manager, or change agent of any kind in the reel
or real world, you must effectively divine, communicate, and engage
others in your vision of possibility and change.
Discover the litmus tests for whether or not you have the makings
for a solid and compelling story / presentation / project before
you begin or get lost
