Thursday, 16 June 2016

Being a good Storyteller

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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