Storytelling

Storytelling is a way to show someone a story of events through the use of different mediums such as word of mouth, images and sounds, story telling has many uses and purposes and many people can tell the same story but all with different meanings.

Some of the purposes of story telling are; to give people entertainment, to educate people on different subjects, to preserve cultural heritage, and to instill moral values amongst others.

Stories have many elements to them, some of the main elements of stories include; the plot the story follows, the different characters in the story, the narrative within the story, and the varying points of views throughout the story.

Stories can be told through many ways and a method of story telling that can catch and audiences eyes and most influence them as a collective is through visual story telling. Visual story telling is when a story is told through what is seen rather then what is heard, as a producer you wouldn't have to rely much on written or spoken word. Visual story telling can be achieved through the choice of shots and the way those shots are edited together, but the images you see are often reinforced by appropriate music and shot lines of dialogue.