storytelling

22 de Maio, às 21h, na Fundação Champalimaud.

Conferência Internacional | Valuing Baby and Family Passion

A conferência Internacional "Valuing Baby and Family Passion Towards a Science of Happiness" é organizada pela Fundação Brazelton/Gomes-Pedro Para as Ciências do Bebé e da Família. Acontece nos dias 7 e 8 de Maio, no Auditório 2 da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. 

A entrada é livre, mas sujeita a inscrição prévia.

 

seduced by art

  No âmbito da magnifica exposição "Seduced by Art" que tive a sorte de poder ver duas vezes nas suas adaptadas versões (Londres e Barcelona), uma obra em vídeo muito curiosa, com a transformação de uma modelo em Lady Eastlake (1809-1893), escritora e crítica de arte britânica. A intenção foi pois colocar o vídeo junto a uma foto original que os pioneiros do retrato Hill y Adamson fizeram em 1844 desta mulher, no primeiro estudio fotográfico da Escócia. Como refere o jornal espanhol 20 minutos, é uma espécie de máquina do tempo para trás.

XI caminhos de leitura

programa aqui.

phenomenal storytelling

 22 regras para fazer uma história

( baseado nos tweets de Emma Coats, autora de storyboards para a Pixar )

a infografia pode ser comprada impressa ou descarregada em alta resolução aqui 

fonte: huff post books  

#1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.

#2: You gotta keep in mind what's interesting to you as an audience, not what's fun to do as a writer. They can be v. different.

#3: Trying for theme is important, but you won't see what the story is actually about til you're at the end of it. Now rewrite.

#4: Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___.

#5: Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You'll feel like you're losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.

#6: What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?

#7: Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard, get yours working up front.

#8: Finish your story, let go even if it's not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time.

#9: When you're stuck, make a list of what WOULDN'T happen next. Lots of times the material to get you unstuck will show up.

#10: Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is a part of you; you've got to recognize it before you can use it.

#11: Putting it on paper lets you start fixing it. If it stays in your head, a perfect idea, you'll never share it with anyone.

#12: Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th – get the obvious out of the way. Surprise yourself.

#13: Give your characters opinions. Passive/malleable might seem likable to you as you write, but it's poison to the audience.

#14: Why must you tell THIS story? What's the belief burning within you that your story feeds off of? That's the heart of it.

#15: If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations.

#16: What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if they don't succeed? Stack the odds against.

#17: No work is ever wasted. If it's not working, let go and move on - it'll come back around to be useful later.

#18: You have to know yourself: the difference between doing your best & fussing. Story is testing, not refining.

#19: Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.

#20: Exercise: take the building blocks of a movie you dislike. How d'you rearrange them into what you DO like?

#21: You gotta identify with your situation/characters, can't just write ‘cool'. What would make YOU act that way?

#22: What's the essence of your story? Most economical telling of it? If you know that, you can build out from there.

celebrar em laranja

E porque é dia internacional do livro infantil é dia Planeta Tangerina. Bi-vencedor este ano em Bolonha, com o prémio bop e uma menção especial com o livro A Ilha. 
Sempre soubemos que eram vencedores. É muito bom e feliz acontecimento que o mundo inteiro o sublinhe.

O público e o dn contextualizam estas distinções e as páginas da Feira de Bolonha também: bop e opera prima. 
Parabéns a todos nesta editora, para além do mais, feita de gente.