How To: Tell A Great Story- 5 storytelling tips
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- Chris Do shares his 5 tips on how to tell a story. Storytelling secrets. How can you make your Vlogs more interesting by understanding storytelling fundamentals? What makes for great stories?
These 5 tips will help you tell a better story for Vlogs, documentaries, short form animation or just about anything that could use a more compelling story. Get better in 7 minutes.
Robert McKee "Story"
Kindra Hall- storytelling advisor
Francis Glebas "Directing The Story"
00:23 Tip 1 Stories are about conflict w/ "The Grandmaster"
00:42 Character, Want, Obstacle
00:50 Romeo & Juliet analysis w/ title animation by SF Shakespeare Festival
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01:34 Tip 2 Robert McKee author of "Story"- subjective expectations meets objective reality
02:26 Tip 3 Kindra Hall- storytelling advisor/consultant breaks down story as normal, explosion, new normal
03:38 Tip 4 Story Delaying- tip from author Francis Glebas "Directing the Story".
04:49 Tip 5 Make your story dramatic. Make matters feel like they are life and death. In other words, exaggerate and be melodramatic. Think of a situation through the eyes of an angst ridden teenager.
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Novel writing is NOT about perfect writing. Some old man who lived by sea in Cuba said, "A first draft is always sh&t." Writing is about editing. You can't edit something that you haven't written. The best cure for writer's block is a stun gun, used strategically on various gluteal aspects of the aforementioned writer. Some guy, who is The Shining example of a writer, who lives up in Maine said it best: "You have to keep writing every day even if it feels like you are shoveling sh%t uphill with a typewriter." You never finish a novel, you abandon it.
You're killing me with these comments. :) keep them coming.
SO well put.
thank you.
I needed to hear that.
What I love about writing is that I'm realizing it's just like film. The director shoots a bunch of shots but it's the cinematographer who makes the story work.
Exactly! The first draft will be a big steaming pile of inadequacy. Get the bloody work to a point that you are happy abandoning it to the world like a child flying from the nest.
GREAT line, "we want to learn the lessons without having to suffer ourselves".
i read that in a book somewhere.
It's like the parables Jesus Christ spoke in. He had to teach them in ways they understood, thought in, knew already. (farming, money, their cultural structure, etc) and tied that into the bigger truth and spiritual things they couldn't see taste or touch.....simply fantastic!
Best tips
Establish character, his/her want, and the obstacle.
Make it dramatic. Exaggerate.
Drag out conflict, make them crave the resolution.
"We as humans want to learn the lessons without actually having to suffer." Damn!!! Amazing observation
Never knew the old videos would be this enriching as well!! Absolutely love, how it's broken down into simple, digestible info rather than giving fancy broad explanations.
Simple and effective. I will incorporate these techniques every day until I master them. Thanks Chris.
Glad I finally found something that I could understand from "storytelling". I have been learning how to "tell a story" with vlogs for weeks now and looked at a lot of "set-up conflict and resolution", which were understandable but hard to apply. I loved how your tips gave me new insights! Thanks for the video!
Good luck.
Chris, I'm starting on my public speaking journey and these tips were exactly what I needed to hear. Also, for presentions. Please do more! :D
I found this to be a very unique approach on the conventional storytelling tips, I learned a lot! Thank you! I would love it if you made more
+Howard Wimshurst You bet. Any specific challenges you are facing Howard?
Certainly. I have a bunch of questions but I don't want to overwhelm you with all of them at once!
Would you have any advice for someone who wants to transform their freelance enterprise into a studio with employees?
Thank you very much for all the great videos and thanks in advance for any advice you have to offer.
@@thefutur I would love some more videos on storytelling. It would be great to have a use case where the content is good, (or complete) but it is laid out in an uninteresting manner and how you would change it or work on the storytelling aspects, to show how your principles applied can make the use case interesting to the viewer.
Describe the new world we live in, showcase the stakes at hand if change were not to happen, and paint the picture of a promise land and how to get there. Great storytelling always follows this framework. Thank you Chris Do for your time and effort, you are helping others grow.
You're very welcome! Joey.
story delaying is only effective if the audience is still engaged and interested. If people get too bored and impatient, they'll zone out. Too many bloggers and content writers take too long to get to the point of the post. People want value and entertainment, not babble and procrastination.
story delaying is effective when their rising action. you are right that people will get bored if you don't present a problem, challenge or outcome they don't care about.
and it doesn't help that society has become so attention deficit. a couple years ago people were happy to watch a 10 minute video, now you have to caption and describe whats going to happen in a 15 second video for people to watch it. maybe its because so many people are creating similar content, that everyone is more picky about what will be worth their time.
One that concerns me now as beginner, is how to tell a story... And your video just came at the right time! Thank you so much for the awesome and helpful tips! 👍😊🎉🇵🇭♥️
I’m here for all the storytelling tips you can share ! Thank you Chris.
Thank you
I leave every video feeling more inspired than ever. Ready to CRUSH it! Thank you
+Léon Boyd Sweet!
00:00 📖 Stories hinge on conflict; a character's desire meets obstacles.
01:40 🌟 Conflict arises when subjective expectations clash with objective reality.
02:38 🔄 Structure: Normal, Explosion, New Normal; disrupt the normal to create interest.
03:53 ⏳ Delay story conclusion, pose dramatic questions, heighten conflict.
04:35 🧠 Stories teach lessons; characters grow through struggles and change.
05:38 💥 Make stories dramatic by exaggerating emotions and situations.
Awesome share Chris...Greatly appreciate you breaking down a few different theories and ways of looking at this topic. Thanks Man!
Chris, please continue. It feels so good to understand the amount of background job done for the episode. Your channel is a treasure for my brain. Each episode brings either fresh perspective and helps to pack knowledge efficiently in a new way or it allows to understand the misunderstood.
Amazing learning from innovative educator.
Hi Yuri. We'll definitely continue. Thank you.
The Futur it's also a pleasure to see the high level of community management. You always respond. thanks
Love what you have to say... I am 50 years old and I am learning a lot from you guys. I have struggled getting started in this career field after graduating in 2015. I have spent the past 20 plus years in the military and civilian law enforcement. I am now starting my own animation/photography production company in the Sacramento and Yuba county area of NorCal. Thanks so much and keep it coming.
+Matt Lawrence You are 50 years young my friend. Age is a mentality and it's never too late to pursue your dream. Chris Do grew up in San Jose so he can definitely relate.
These are great points about storytelling! I think we build it up in our head, but everything is story adjacent.
Great video, Chris! You did your homework alright! You quoted the best people in storytelling!!!!
Best explanation I've heard so far re: storytelling. That last bit covering the hypothetical meeting for a vlog was perfect.
Cycleboredom Appreciate it!
Good job Chris, salient points for us all to remember!
Watches it in 2020, still relevant. Thank you Chris. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Would love to see your VLOGs after you apply the tips from this video. Comment w/ link to your video below.
Chris, and the rest of the team, you guys are just amazing as always. I've learned so much since I've come across your channel two months ago. Now, I am working so hard to "upgrade" myself and how I think and how I work and now I have a great new job offer that's just blowing my mind and it's all thanks to you guys because you're motivated me. This Channel is not just about design. It's about life and Chris man, you should be a life coach! More power to the channel and keep rocking!
thanks. i am a life coach. i am a coach to our audience and those that hire me to coach them 1 on 1.
love it! I searched three things before I came to this video. how to create tension, anticipation, and suspense. Would love to see more
The practical example at the end is great.
I love the video, I happen to be doing a research on how to tell your brand story so I could implement it on this company I'm working and your video just opened my eyes a bit. please don't stop here. Your an inspiration
Thanks for that Chris...! I have a talk to give at my daughter's school next week and wanted to maybe approach it in a story form. This helps a lot.
Love this video! Succinct, accurate, and with good visuals. I'll definitely use it with my ESL students to prep them for storytelling activities.
Thank you brother, deep as always, excellent, the charisma and the wisdom - May you have life, Prosperity & Health
I had just started preparing for the most important presentation of my life. Was looking to incorporate stories into it. Watched your video, wrote down the pointers and thought through them. I have now prepared my presentation and I think my life is about to change with this new skill.
I pray to God he gives you and your team everything you ever ask for. Stay blessed.
I would love to give you back for this super power that you seem to have given me. Can I please have your email so that we can connect.
Good luck Ravi. You can dm me on social.
@@thefutur Will do sir. On Futur socials. Thanks and much love to you.
I would love to hear more of story-telling tips.
Using this for my case study. Thanks again for the awesome content Chris. 👍🏽
Brilliantly clear and simple Chris! Would love to see more. Now let me go and put these tips into practice!
+DesignCode360 Thanks! Share your video/deck/presentation with us when you are done.
Those tips are amazing for making a good case studies. Thanks a lot Chris.
And the #TheFuturAthon goes on!
2023 and Chris Do has the best storytelling advice from the past as well!
Great video.
Saved on my playlist and subscribed.
Thank you
I always come back to your content Chris. Really great stuff. My favourite tip was no.5 and how you make it relatable to people doing vlogs. I'm not a vlogger but do photo editing videos and wondered if there's a way to add drama to the videos I'm creating? Initially, my approach has been, "here's how I edit this", or "here's how I edited this" and show the Photoshop layer structure - informative but boring!... I'm thinking a more exciting way to do it would be to (thanks to your storytelling video):
1: Setting the scene: how the shot was captured and what my expectations are for the edit
2: Explosion: The edit
3: New Normal: lessons I learnt in the editing process, what worked, what didn't...
I have no idea if this format would work or whether storytelling is irrelevant to a photo editing style video. Chris, if you get a chance to reply with any thoughts or ideas on this you'd make my lockdown :) Cheers for the killa content!
This was good. So simple. Thank you Chris Do.
very valuable insights..Thabks a lot for sharing
This is super helpful. Many Thanks for sharing this here.♥
Love the content, it's really useful for writers and storytellers alike (as well as newer content creators like myself). Thank you for the quality advice and information.
Thank you! Very valuable and timely information for me.
Great video especially because Chris shares the insights from the leaders in the field and shows you the actual source material derived therefrom. A powerful and useful video presentation, thank you Mr. Do.
thanks donald.
The ONE pixels at the border of the screen when the text with black background appears bugs me, but I love this channel SO much and I am really grateful for the lessons here! Much love!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS USEFULL CONTENT.!!!
Watching, enjoying and learning from Guatemala!!!!!
Happy to hear that!
Wow this was incredible - actually broken down in a way I could understand!
Thanks ; that was good fun. Our son's 5th grade teacher said: 1. Introduce the characters. 2. Introduce the conflict. 3. Resolve the conflict. All on one page. DAMMIT ! There went my seven years of college down the drain !
These tips are amazing I'm so glad you gave a very solid example at the end! This was just what I needed.
LPnC Vlogs awesome sauce.
dude such succint description but so helpful! thanks!
I loved the beauty and the beast (animated 90's version) song when reading Romeo & Juliet :)
This is such a fantastic video! Very important topic. Thank you!
Nice. I've seen this before. But watching it again I still got something new out of it.
Manu Prasad Gopinath nice.
Love it, great video Chris, thanks for sharing, I need to add story telling to my videos.
Amazing tips, best that i've seen in a long time. Great educational build up!
Thank you
Just awesome, every second of every video is so valuable. I know this video was uploaded 2 years ago, but if we can keep the storytelling videos coming, that'd be awesome!
There’s another one on sequence design.
Such a great video. I came across it when I was trying to find a way to write a story about the future I desire. I believe your tips will help me in both my past life (memoir) and my desired future life.
Hi Chris,
I have recently learned that the best part of my speaking is my ability to tell stories. I have tons of stories, life lessons, and experiences to share. This video of tips has helped me see how I can now formulate my speeches in an impactful way! Thank you, greatly.
-A. Margot Brisky
"The Empowerment Educator"
DiscoverHer Life Coaching, LLC.
I think the secret is in editing out the inessential parts and focusing in on the lesson/conflict. This is the gift of great storytellers.
Awesome video, thank you! I enjoyed your insight and examples and felt it was very easy to understand. :)
Experiencing fatigue creating content and basic animation but your video inspired me to create something better!
Awesome!!
Great video, love the presentation and points made. I love it. Thank you
I love how this was laid out! Thanks for the advice, I learned a lot!
Matt Hayashi thanks Matt!
I love your tips and explanations. I appreciate your work
- Chris, I just spent another half-hour deconstructing each of your points, as well as this video itself (your presentation, the editing, titling, etc)... Wow, so much talent and skill all wrapped into 7 mins... Thanks for the gift of this video! (Again, lol)
Thanks. Should I still make a Vlog guide?
+The Skool Network - I would love that. Would you like me to email you the summary I wrote up, so you've got a starting point to build on?
+Profit Factory that would be great. Can you DM me on Twitter or Facebook? It's @theChrisDo
nice said! I'll work on these tips, if you have more I'll be more than glad to hear them. Carry on the good work! Grateful.
Thank you Leda. I have more.
Excellent tips and video!!
fruitful and to the point...thanx
Thanks a lot for these great advices
WANT. MORE.
Would be great to see some tips from you on writing dialogues and how the next scene and so on should be
Great tips, thanks for sharing 🙏💚
Yes, more story-telling tips! :)
Awesome! Great tips. Thanks!
Yes please! more story telling tips!
+OlesHakaiPass You got it.
Love your videos, full of good and valuable info 👍
This is GOLD!
This was great! Thank you for making it!
Love this!!! Your tips are amazing!!! Thank you!!!
thanks Johanna.
Awsome as always!
That was really informational, thanks I'm definitely going to start writing with those techniques.
Show us your results.
Thanks for sharing them, 1 good example from start to finish would be great :)
Thanks a lot for the video! This was one of the actually helpful advises :)
thank you so much! this is going to help me out so much!! Keep Making More!
Thank you.
This was the best most informative video I've seen in quite some time! Now of course that's dependent on my situation and contenxt, none the less.. Thanks a bunch!
Alexander Nilsson appreciate it.
Thanks for these amazing tips. can you please make a video on use of story telling techniques in daily life scenario, and how can we use it to build a more interesting conversation skill.
Very helpful, thank you! I'm in the process of making a documentary and this helped clarify things for me.
Vanessa Hidalgo glad to hear.
Those tips are really amazing man! Really love that video! Thank you so much! 😁
These 5 tips are really going to improve my narration in my video. Thanks again!
LonelyBookaneer send us a link to one of your new videos after applying some of the techniques i mentioned.
Thank You for great tips 👍 💫
awesome, thanks!
Classic - thanks for these 5 tips
Woah 8.9k likes...made it 9k.. great vid most videos talk about everything else yours was to the point. Great stuff!
This was AWESOME - you are right - just do a start, middle and end - doesn't help anyone. Normal, Explosion and New Normal is WAY better :)
Looking forward to trying these tips out in real life! Thanks :)
Definitely more storytelling. Mainly because no matter how many tactics and strategies you have, without a great story, no one will care.
Stories are the only thing people remember so it helps to have a compelling story. More on the way Tony.
Thanks Chris. This is great.
Thanks Eric.
Thanks, very helpful
This was super helpful!÷ my story is about how I reconnected with my first love after 37 years, am uncertain as to how to keep them in suspense or reveal what happens to him... a few years after the reconnect, but got to at least see my album released, of songs written on the guitar he sent me.
loved it !! I loved. Love the award shots. and the grey background. Cool tips from I going to share with more dramatic emphasis my fears and hope next time I do a VLog.
please do and share with us.
That was great, thanks. Pleas do more :)
I like the way you told this story i felt i learn more about you, and how you think then past video. thanks Frank B.
+Frank B. Thanks Frank. Does it help you to learn by knowing more about Chris Do?
absolutely, understanding Chris thought process, i can valueweight either discount or add up the why, and the level of importance of telling a good story,