Everything starts with a story, commercials, corporate videos, wedding videos, and so on. All begin with a story. In order to tell a visual story, we first have to understand the basic of storytelling structure, starting with a beginning, middle and end, and continuing with act beats protagonist and antagonist, the hero versus the villain, and more. So what is the director's job? And how does one actually direct? A director actual job is often misunderstood.

Being a director is first and foremost about being a storyteller. However, the job description also include maintaining the delicate balance between cast and the crew, the producers and the audience, the screenwriter and the editor. It is the director's job to create an harmonious setting in which the actors connect and the Craftsman can do their craft. The director leads, much like a captain leads a ship from the written word to the editing room. He or she takes an active role in prioritizing the tasks of the project at hand. But like I said, first and foremost, the director is a storyteller.

He tells a story, often a story that he didn't even write. And he uses tools such as cameras, lights, set decoration and actors to deliver his message later to be projected on screen. So, storytelling, since the dawn of human race, we have been storytellers, painting on caves, writing on Ancient Egyptian paper, and so on. Things have changed slightly over the years, but since the days of Shakespeare, we have been using the same mechanism to tell a story with a couple of technological advancements here and there. The story is often portrayed as one person's journey, and it can be divided into three main acts, the beginning, the median, and the end. Let's take this diagram.

For example. Follow this guy's journey. This is our main character. He's not even aware of his position just yet, but we are our protagonists encounters a person, this person might be good or bad, but no matter what he is, this encounter will change things for our main character. After this meeting, things will never look the same. protagonist has made a great discovery due to this encounter, and he will now go on a journey through the unknown.

He's confused and lost. Perhaps he will even meet monsters along the way, who will he need to fight and win? But he is exhausted and not entirely sure if his future? Can he deal with any more monsters? Will he survive another day? he's terrified.

But then when everything seems to be lost, he's find a friend or a savior. Or maybe he solves a puzzle or make another great discovery that changes his luck again. He starts to climb back up until he reaches his goal and solve all the mysteries of his journey and then understand that everything happened for a reason, and that he made it through stronger than ever with a profound life lesson that will stay with Him forever and ever as he continues the journey of life. Coming up next we'll take the concepts we just covered about storytelling and translate them into practical useful tips for creating stories with the digital media.