Sustaining a Story: Part 2

Be sure to see PART 1 before this one!

Read more at Take Zer0: http://takezer0.com/2009/02/sustaining-a-story-idea-part-2.html

Now, we all have stories to tell. Sort of. Most of it is a mish-mash of abstract scenes and imagery, stranded in the murky subterranean depths of our minds. According to Will Eisner, a story is not a story until it is "told in an arranged and purposeful order." This means that those abstract scenes in your mind are not stories at all; they are just ideas and nothing more. To prematurely call them stories is not only false, but dangerous. It tricks you into thinking that you've overcome the hardest part.
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Category:

Howto & Style

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• screenwriting
• screenplay
• storytelling
• writing
• take zer0

[FoolsGoldFish]

great cienmatography, keep em coming! 5/5

[Flenos]

Nice video!

How do you get your videos to look so good? I've seen in your website that you use sony vegas. Could you give us an overview on how you manipulate image (with, e.g., filters)? And also on the equipment (I mean, camcorder) you use?

You guys are good!

[esotericsean]

Thanks! (this is Sean from Take Zer0's original channel)

Not sure if you know, but we shoot with a Mark II and have a 7D on preorder as well :)

[OmegaManATX]

Great looking video! I've never seen better ex1 footage. I shot a this old spice commercial on the 5d mk II. Gonna switch to the 7d whenever my preorder comes in.

[alphasouth08]

man this was a great help eh you guys did either one of you notice that its a big theatre movie coming out with this exact same concept i wonder if u knew that becuz if they stole your ideas i know yall are mad

[purefirestone]

Useful information here. Thanks, I look forward to your future works. :)

[Hex72]

That was such a lovely story. The beginning was effectively the end. Three little events really well paced, an explained over a phone call.

Great cinematography too.

[elliott7130]

U two Guy are just >For lack of a better word... Amazing.

[pilamin]

Ah-ha! You passed the test! I did that, intentionally, to see if anyone would catch that. Let this be a lesson learned about continuity!

[ngothyeaun]

just teasing,

at 1:25 lamp string is moving but after a  cut no moving :P

[esotericsean]

We use a Sony PMW-EX1, so from the start the image quality is already pretty good. Mostly, we just adjust the levels and saturation :)