Being a good Storyteller
Having the talent of being creative and to think out of the
box while being different from the crowd is surely very important for your
story to become successful. But writing the story, and narrating it to the
producer for the budget needed; pitching will not complete your task. Being a director
and having the qualities of being a good one will surely help you become prosperous,
but in the list of the qualities one very vital part is ‘being a good
storyteller’. You see, this is the part which helps you to attract the people
to work with you, and make them keen to contribute in your film as well, no
matter how different, and interesting your story is.
I have spoken about communication, and how vital it is for
our day to day life. People hardly has time to even sit for a cup of coffee, so
if someone will remove their time for you to listen to your story, you can make
that person think it’s worth it according to how good your at storytelling. Trust
me, narrating a story in a short span of time, and a well as grasping the
attention of the person such as the cast, or the producer in front of you is
not a piece of cake. Being a good storyteller will help you become a good
director as well. The more you will be able to make the person visualize what
are you verbally saying, that is the key to success. During the shoot also as a
director it’s very important to explain that particular scene in such a way
that the characters being played by those cast will be able to gulp the words,
and transform them into the role which is given to them as well according to
the scenario. One way which can avoid you in being a boring storyteller is not
dragging a story. I can include myself in this example, as sometimes when I
narrate a story, I get so involved in it that sometimes I give the description
the priority than the creativity being used in it. This part should be
controlled the most, as people will just listen to the skin of the story, and
will judge it accordingly. As I had said previously, even your communication
skills will help you being crisp and clear. It will also avoid you to repeat
the same thing again, and again because of nervousness. As a director you have
to be presentable, and not look flat. Let me consider a situation where you are
explaining a very intense scene, and trying to make the person more curious.
Sometimes people’s voice is more impactful than there gestures, and facial
expressions. In my point of view you have to learn how to balance this. With
the help of your physical appearance people will get even keener to continue
listening to your story, with your verbal communication being interesting as
well. This can be practiced by the mirror talking theory. If you talk to
yourself in the mirror you can see the way how you can present yourself to the
person, and can as well as improvise on your own mistake.
Try to improve the way you deliver the sentence, and as well
as the tone with your physical appearance should sync together for making the
impact of your story become even more interesting to the listener as well.
Being a good storyteller will help you become a better director, and also help
you make people imagine the film into their head as you want them to.
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