A few chosen narrative examples, to uncover forms, inspire the soul and stir the creative spirits.
Shared on Twitter by Prof Lennart Nacke of University of Waterloo is this mountainous feast of storytelling frameworks and models to get lost in. He recently posted a much higher resolution version as a pdf / poster to download, it’ll certainly keep you busy plus extend your literacy in this arena!
Always on the hunt to learn from others and how they approach coaching storytellers in the world, and the above added some gems to my current knowledge. Jeremy Connell-Waite currently works for IBM as a Communications Designer and in the video above gives us a wonderful breakdown of Ted Sorensen’s (JFK’s speechwriter) “4 Words & 5 Lines” concept. Superb stuff.
For the majority of this video only two camera shots are used: the main one focused on the table where nearly all of the action takes place and the second a hand-held side shot for a few close-up vignettes. Added to these is the simple descriptive overlay of each of the elements and stages taking place. Only the last three minutes do the framing change to oversee the stretching of the dough and formation of the noodles. No words are spoken but a tale is told in how to make Chinese hand-pulled noodles.