How To Raise The Stakes Of A Story - Joston Ramon Theney
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Screenwriter, Author, Producer, Director Joston Ramon Theney grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for films such as Wanton Want (2021), Axeman at Cutters Creek (2020) and Jurassic Hunt (2021).
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Here is our full interview with Joston - th-cam.com/video/hpSSRjSb8-k/w-d-xo.html
I swear to god, I can no longer watch your videos without getting immediately distracted by how I'm going to apply whatever you're talking about to my own creations 😂 it's really quite a struggle!
A good problem to have.
Their videos are some of the few that deserve to have the replay button hit.
I love this guy. Im young, barely 25. Just finished undergrad in 2019, went right back and finished grad school in 2021. Got a corporate data science job that’s secure, pays 3x more than any job I’ve ever had, and is in a city I love but it’s not me anymore. I want to create. Working on a business idea and learning to write better. Hoping I can start a company and sell it, or at least work enough, to have enough savings to focus on my goals of creating tv shows, especially a culture, history, and travel show.
Reason I mention any of this is that, as a young Black dude, I don’t see or hear about a ton of Black writers. This channel has put me on to quite a few and helped me stay confident that I can do whatever I want to do - just gotta keep my mind right, continue practicing, and work to open as many doors as possible.
How does it matter to you, whether your idols are black or white? This is a serious question that comes out of curiosity.
I say "Serve the Story"all the time.
I think it's about the relationship between story and characters. There's a saying about space that goes, "Matter tells space how to curve; space tells matter how to move." Same with writing. Characters tell story how to curve; story tells characters how to move. The story and characters serve each other.
Exactly. The story includes everything. Serving the story is serving everything.
Serve the story, so long as we equally serve the character?
They call it a.. a.. a Royale With Cheese.
@@peterpan1435 idk if I agree with serving the story. The character progression is the story, is it not?
IMHO, it's important to fall in love with your scenes. You can always edit down, but it's hard to build up a work if you're not passionate about it.
i dream of the day I get to tell a studio exec: "you know what your problem is? you're a little too married to your money. you're really precious about it."
Not to be meta, but I can *_so_* relate to this. My novel isn't for everyone but, unfortunately, most readers tend not to be able to relate to my MC because of who he is _(an "urban" African American man),_ his situation _(he's trying to solve a copycat case of his own daughter's murder),_ his demeanor _(he's grieving, and always pissed),_ and my writing _(I mix literary with elements of genre with a lot of subtext... it throws a lot of readers)._ However, I am who I am, he is who he is, and this is the world we live in. So, I'm good :^)
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@@yapdog Thanks, I'll check it out!
@@danielg.9075 I hope you enjoy it :^)
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@@yapdog Yeah I haven't done it to run into the issue, but I did find the book, Loophole of the Gods Part I: The Case
This is far from the most remarkable thing about this interview - Mr. Theney is just inspiring all around - but will you please tell him that shirt is 🔥
I absolutely could not agree with what Joston talks about here more. I just done my first feature as a Writer/Director and there are elements he touches on that were bang on point... WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE STORY, NOT THE EGO.
As writers/Directors or just simply put storytellers, we have to trust in our ability to be able to serve the story by not believing that everyone else's opinion is best. Sometimes we can get it wrong, but make this mistake on your terms and not make someone else's mistake in your work just to please.
Love your videos guys, thanks for always dropping the 🔥🔥 :)
I love listening to this guy
I think a different title might be better… I don’t think the majority of the video is answering the question about raising the stakes…
It's a good story regardless of Hollywood.
The latter half of this video week from how to make my story have high stakes to how to deal with people's nonsense
Good Advice
Great question, great answer. I'm curious to see how others will respond to it.
Which movie he is referring at the beginning about writer and writer block.. I didn't get the name
@@GENOTALKSCOMICS thank you 😊
which is the movie??
i love this guy srs my best teacher
I like to work with him
That's called a slippery slope and yes it's real.
What is this movie about?
What's the second movie he's talking about? The Last Jedi?
I feel as a writer and author...write what is natural to you, it seem to be easier.
what movie was he talking about? now I wanna watch XD
The first movie is Wanton Want. The movie at the end is another movie he has worked on in the past, not sure of the name.
His advice is to accept others’ notes, then goes on a rant about how he’ll never do it again…?
you should listen again, lol. You're missing his point.
Take in what's useful, leave out what is useless, then filter and make it your own. In a nutshell.
“Kink in their armor” lol
Do you think it’s fair to expect your actors to fix the script problems, weaknesses or gaps for you? If they had listened to Mark Hamill the last Jedi wouldn’t have been a total disaster.
Agreed. Sometimes, a writer should listen and be humble