Here's an insightful video about creating collaboration between the audience and the storyteller. How the use of setup and payoff creates a meaningful and entertaining experience. View. Enjoy. Discuss! :)
Screenwriting : The Art of Entertainment by Beth Fox Heisinger
The Art of Entertainment
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That is an awesome share, Beth. Talk about "in media res". I love the posits he presents...Art is a bridge...building a bridge halfway....making the audience collaborate...the unifying theory of 2+2...how you bait an audience and force them to be engaged..become curious about the conflict...care....the courtesy of attention....those are some really great ways to help a writer create a more engaging story. I feel smarter already.
(I'll be watching this five more times over the weekend when I have more time. For some reason...when I watch/read something six times...it sinks into my mind, and stays there for the rest of my life. I guess that's my "Rule of Six.").
Great share, Beth!
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Bill, yes, I’ve watched this video many many times myself—I really like it. Happy to hear it resonated with you too. :) It talks about craft. And breaks down how and what it is we’re trying to do: engage an audience and/or engage an audience of one at a time, our reader. I really like the clip and breakdown at the very end of Robert De Niro’s character demonstrating the art of entertainment in The Last Tycoon. It’s all explained right there. ;)