Pre-Production Unit- Reading up on Storytelling

As part of my research into my role as a script-writer and overall storyteller, it was suggested by Charlie that I read an ebook that was tweeted by an employee of Pixar animation studios, who had written the ebook based on his experiences of working with fellow animators and directors. Although Pixar is known more for their work with animation, the general idea behind telling a story is still there, and this ebook is therefore useful for me to read.

The book itself is called Pixar's 22 Rules of Story (That aren't really by Pixar) by Stephan Vladimir Bugaj and details some of the aspects of story-telling that I have become accustomed to during my time on this course. Among the most useful pieces of information I gathered from this ebook was what is known as "The Story Spine".  This "story spine" dictates that the key components in story-telling are these:

• Introduce the protagonist and their world.
• Present the protagonist with a critical, worldchanging challenge.
• Litter the path to confronting that critical challenge with increasingly difficult obstacles.
• See how the protagonist overcomes the obstacles and takes on the big challenge. 

I believe that revising this rule will be beneficial as a refresher for my storytelling techniques, as it will allow me to make sure that I have everything required in order to tell a successful story, including character, problems and motivation and resolution.




Pixar's 22 Rules of Story (That aren't really by Pixar): http://static1.squarespace.com/static/52675998e4b07faca3f636a5/t/527f0a75e4b012bf9e7361c5/1384057461885/Pixar22RulesAnalyzed_Bugaj.pdf