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Category Archives: Quick Tips
Storytelling Technique: Building Importance
Changing Impact: In this technique, things not only appear more or less important, but actually become so. This was also a favorite of Hitchcock in such films as North By Northwest and television series like MacGuyver. In another episode of … Continue reading
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Storytelling Technique: Message Reversals
Shifting Context to Change Message: When we shift context to create a different message , the structure remains the same, but our appreciation of it changes. This can be seen very clearly in a Twilight Zone episode entitled, Invaders, in … Continue reading
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Storytelling Technique: Meaning Reversals
Shifting Context to Change Meaning: Reversals change context. In other words, part of the meaning of anything we consider is due to its environment. The phrase, guilt by association, expresses this notion. In Storyweaving, we can play upon audience empathy … Continue reading
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Storytelling Technique: Red Herrings
Changing Importance: Red herrings are designed to make something appear more or less important than it really is. Several good examples of this technique can be found in the motion picture The Fugitive. In one scene a police car flashes … Continue reading
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Storytelling Technique: Building Size (Changing Scope)
This technique holds audience interest by revealing the true size of something over the course of the story until it can be seen to be either larger or smaller than it originally appeared. This makes things appear to grow or … Continue reading
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Quick Tip: Encoding Theme
The trick in encoding theme is to make sure the audience knows what the argument is about without coming right out and saying it, and also to make sure the argument is made without the audience ever feeling manipulated or … Continue reading
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Quick Tip: The Big Picture
Although it is important to work on the particulars of your story you can lose track of the big picture in doing so exclusively. Step back from time to time to take in your story as a whole. See it … Continue reading
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