How Storytelling Can Make Opportunities Appear
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It\\u2019s 2010 and I\\u2019ve been attending the annual TED conference for seven years. I want all my friends and family to experience TED too, but it\\u2019s by invitation only.\\xa0
\\xa0I learn that the head of TED, Chris Anderson, has announced that TEDsters can apply to create independently organized TED events locally.
I\\u2019m thinking, \\u201cWhat an incredible opportunity, but can we pull it off?\\u201d I worry about our ideas not being big enough to share. Not to mention, I\\u2019ve produced events before but not at this magnitude.\\xa0
After talking about it endlessly, we decide we\\u2019ll go for it.
It turns out to be one of the best decisions I\\u2019ve ever made. Those events become known as TEDx events (the x stands for independently organized TED event). Ever since, we\\u2019ve had the opportunity to produce many TEDx events, birthing ideas and stories into the world that affect change, one person at a time.\\xa0
Speaking of producing, my special guest today Angela Gulner is a film producer, actress, and writer,\\xa0 who also brings stories to life that can touch individuals at the exact moment they need it most. In this episode, she and I look at storytelling through\\xa0 different angles and answer questions such as:
How does energy play a part in the writing process? As an actor, what is it like to become a character? And must your protagonist be likable, or is there another way to get an audience to go on a journey with a character?
Along the way, you\\u2019ll hear Angela discuss playing a villainess, collaborating with others to create work during hard times, taking on the producer role out of necessity, and upleveling your storytelling game with accountability.
What you will learn in this episode:
- Why conflict or struggle is such an important storytelling component
- What truly makes a story a story in a visual medium
- How striving for story perfection can rob your audience
Who is Angela?
Angela Gulner got her start with an MFA in Acting from Harvard University. She then began her career as a writer and producer with the indie dark comedy Binge, which went viral with over 2 million on Youtube and got a development deal with MGM Studios.
Along with her writing partner, she developed and pitched TV projects for heavy hitters in the industry such as MGM Studios, Calvary Media, and Debbie Liebling. Recently, Angela wrote for upcoming features like Some Other Woman (starring Amanda Crew and Tom Felton) and Kaet Might Die for Balcony 9 Productions.
In addition, she produced and starred in the feature film The Summoned which was released by XYZ Films on VOD. Currently, she\\u2019s in post-production as the producer of the short film Gay-ish (written by Michelle Askew, the youngest female writer to ever make the Blacklist, who also makes her directorial debut with the film). Angela also has two feature films in development as writer and director for Wicked Myth Films.
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