Pixar - TED: The Clues to a Great Story

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A COLLABORATION TED 동 SUPER INTERESSANTE THE CLUES TO A GREAT STORY Who doesn't love a good story? A well-told tale will grip us, excite us, engross us in a fictional world filled with compelling characters. This is no accident. The greatest stories, from children's nursery rhymes to major blockbuster movies, are all the result of painstaking planning and design. In his TED Talk, Pixar writer and director Andrew Stantorn ("Toy Story," "WALL-E"), explains his golden rules for telling a great story.Karin Hueck and Rafael Quick 1 2 MAKE ME CARE A story needs to draw the sympathy of the audience. At the outset, the Ugly Duckling is rejected by his siblings, and Dorothy is separated from her family in The Wizard of Oz. TAKE ME WITH YOU At the heart of a story is a promise-a journey, a mystery, a problem that entices the audience and makes the story worth listening to. So the Ugly Duckling decides to venture into the world alone, just as Frodo sets out on his quest in "The Lord of the Rings BE INTENTIONAL Protagonists must have inner motivation, driving them toward an overarching goal that they are constantly striving to 4 LET ME LIKE YOU The audience also must relate to and appreciate your characters to make them worthy of achieve. The U Duckling is in search of his own identity, as well as acceptance from his peers, while in "Gladiator, Maximus wants revenge against those who killed his family attention. Both the Duckling and Roc endure trials and tribulations in pursuit of their goal; the audienoe can empathize. DELIGHT ME Charm and fasoina audience. Make them forget themselves, if onl for an instant. When the Ugly Duckling transform nto a beautiful swan and finds acceptanc amongst his peers, a wonderful moment When Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star in "Star Wars," the that udience experiences real catharsi

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RamboZeld

Aug 29, 2015 at 01:30AM EDT

I have a deep respect for Andrew Stanton and Pixar as a whole. As a writer myself, I try to look at what makes their movies tick and why people love them so much. I've watched Andrew Stanton's TED talk, and it was absolutely brilliant. The way Pixar communicates story is unparalleled. For anyone writing a story, I highly recommend watching the TED talk. For more great advice on how to create and present a story, Pixar has a list of rules that are a must:

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Dralemeres

Aug 28, 2015 at 09:25PM EDT

Don’t be discouraged- even shakespeare had problems with some of this early on.

In Titus Andronicus, one of his first known plays, Shakespeare tried to make both sides relatable by having both side suffer pain and tragedy. Only… he did that by having the two sides rape-murder-eat each other back and forth. So by the end, you hate them all and just want them to all die.

The most likable character is Aaron the Moor, who is a literal motherfucker (and readily admits it) and the most devious and cruel character in the play (planning many of the rape murder selfmutailations). But he is the only one that has not tried to murder one of his chrildren (he even switch the kid out to protect him so that the Emperor of Rome wouldn’t wonder why his new heir is chocolate flavored…).

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