How Dissecting the Details Makes Your Storytelling Stand Out
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I\'m a high school freshman. It\\u2019s 2 o\\u2019clock in the morning on a school day and I can\'t sleep, so I get up and wander into our living room.
My Dad\\u2019s in there taking notes and reviewing video footage of our rival softball team we\\u2019re set to play later that day. He\\u2019s the head coach of our varsity team and often sends someone to scout out the opponent, so this is a common scene in our household.
I say to him, \\u201cDad, why do you spend so much time researching other teams?\\u201d
\\u201cBecause the more effort you put in behind the scenes, the more success you\\u2019ll have when it\\u2019s game time,\\u201d he explains.
That knowledge bomb was spot on and Dad was right. All those nights and obsessing over the details was worth it since we never lost a single in-league game over the four years I played high school softball. Crazy, right?!?
And my special guest today, Marc Bonanni, knows all about research and dissecting what works when it comes to storytelling.
In this episode of the Storytelling School podcast, we explore breakdowns and deep dives of story using his encyclopedic knowledge of everything Broadway and Musical Theatre. Marc also answers questions like:
What\\u2019s the difference between film and theater regarding what\\u2019s essential to make a story? What can you use as a performer to make your storytelling successful? Why has Marvel Studios succeeded with their stories when others have failed (and in what way do their movies resemble musicals)? And what makes a character work well (or not work at all)?
What you will learn in this episode:
- What your responsibility is as a storyteller
- How the public mindset can affect the success of a story
- How decades-old, discarded stories can take on new life
Who is Marc?
Marc Bonanni is a Musical Theatre Historian based in Brooklyn, NY. He has a beautiful wife who works on Broadway and two amazing, if dramatic, daughters. His YouTube channel, Broadway By Ghostlight, has featured several Broadway and television favorites and is slowly growing to become a favorite among the theater crowd. When not knee-deep in editing his videos, Marc is usually attending a Broadway show or napping.
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