This is the presentation for a workshop done at Bilder Nordic School of Photography in advanced storytelling. The aim is to teach the difference between making narratives that moves the world, instead of just social media updates. The presentation also includes assignments done with the Duckling Documentary App: https://bit.ly/getduckling
20. Most stories or plot
lines follow the same
basic pattern or path.
There are 5 steps:
TODOROW’S
BASIC PATH
21. 1. Equilibrium
Everyone are content, and
things are in a normal state.
Protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota. By Larry Towell
22. 2. Disruption
An outside force introduces
problems and breaks the happiness.
A pipeline is planned to travel under the Missouri River,
the primary water source for the Standing Rock Sioux.
23. 3. Realization
Everyone realises that there is
a problem and chaos kicks in.
Protesters during a prayer ceremony at a roadblock
in Standing Rock, North Dakota, on Nov. 18, 2016.
24. 4. Restored order
Central characters works
to solve the problem.
Waiting in the camp while president Obama is
working to halt the planned pipeline.
25. 5. Equilibrium again
The problem is solved and
normality can resume again.
Sweetgrass is a sacred plant for many Native Americans.
27. 7 Basic characters
1 The villain
2 The dispatcher (often the princess father)
3 The helper (often a magical entry)
4 The princess (or price)
5 The donor (usually gives hero a magical object after a test)
6 The hero
7 The false hero (takes credit for hero’s actions)
29. 1. Overcoming the monster
The protagonist sets out to defeat an
antagonistic force (often evil) which threatens
the protagonist or protagonist's homeland.
• Robert Capa: D-Day
• Lord of the Rings
30. 2. Rags to riches
The poor protagonist acquires things such as
power, wealth, and a mate, before losing it all
and gaining it back upon growing as a person.
• Philip Jones Griffiths: Vietnam Inc.
• Pretty Woman
31. 3. The quest
The protagonist and some
companions set out to acquire
an important object or to get to
a location, facing many
obstacles and temptations.
• Alex Webb: Crossings
• O Brother, Where Art Thou
32. 4. Voyage and return
Protagonist goes to a strange
land and, after overcoming the
threats it poses to him or her,
returns with experience.
• Meiselas: Pandoras Box
• Finding Nemo
33. 5. Comedy
A dramatic work in which the central motif is the
triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a
successful or happy conclusion. Booker makes sure
to stress that comedy is more than humor. It refers
to a pattern where the conflict becomes more and
more confusing.
• Thomas Dworzak: Taliban
• Four Weddings and a Funeral
34. 6. Tragedy
The protagonist is a hero with one
major character flaw or great
mistake which is ultimately their
undoing. Their unfortunate end
evokes pity at their folly and the fall
of a fundamentally 'good' character.
• Fusco: Funeral Train
• Breaking Bad
35. 7. Rebirth
During the course of the story, an
important event forces the main
character to change their ways,
often making them a better person.
• Salgado: Genesis
• Beauty And The Beast
43. A DENT IN THE
UNIVERSE
COLLABORATE DOCUMENTARY
44. Stories about people, companies
and products that are changing
the way we see the world.
45. • Title of story in max 10 words
• Why your story matters
• Why are you passionate about this story
• The main character and why you emphasize
• What are the key events
• How will you make it personal
• Tags: BILDER F02 STORYTELLING SYNOPSIS
ASSIGNMENT: MULTIMEDIA SYNOPSIS