Storytelling
There are six elements in storytelling:- Character. The story is about characters. A story needs to tell the background of the characters, the emotional involvement (i.e. give viewers enough information about the characters so they can relate to them and become emotionally involved), the character arcs (i.e. the changes of the characters through the story). Good stories will show how a character changes throughout the presentation.
- Plot: is how you tell what happens (or what happened) in a story. It's not simply what happened in a story, but the arrangement of how the story is presented.
- Conflict: drives your characters to action. It's the problem the characters are trying to solve in a story.
- Resolution of your story is where you tell how the issues panned out. The resolution should tie up all the loose ends and bring the conflict to a successful close.
- Setting: is simply where the story takes place.
- Theme is the point you're trying to get across by presenting the story. It's the reason for the project. It may involve a moral imperative you're trying to teach the viewer. Ask yourself: why are we doing this project? What is the single conclusion the viewers should reach after experiencing the presentation. How should viewers act after experiencing this presentation?
Traditionally, there are three ACTS in any multimedia project (e.g. movie, tv show, a novel).
- Act 1: introduces the main characters, establish the situation and begins to establish the setting. Most of the time, Act 1 introduces the conflict the characters are experiencing.
- Act 2: if Act 1 introduce the conflict or the goal the hero must achieve, then Act II presents a series of obstacles that must be overcome.
- Act 3: bring the story to an end. It brings about the resolution to the conflict established earlier.
References
- Villalobas, R. (2008). Exploring multimedia for designers. Thomson Delmar Learning.
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