Tag: storytelling

Apr 23

Quotable: Dan Harmon on storytelling

“sooner or later, we need to be someone, because if we are not inside a character, then we are not inside the story.” via St. Eutychus

Apr 19

VBS Development Diary #11: Act 3

This week marked 4 months since we started working on this year’s VBS. Typically at the 4 month mark we are getting ready to perform, but we haven’t even created any props, sets, or costumes, and haven’t rehearsed a line. In fact, the performers don’t even have the script yet. The reason is this: despite …

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Mar 07

VBS 2013 Development Diary: #10: Gospel vs. Blues

Both gospel and blues are musical traditions rooted in the American South, both are based in tragedy, pain, and misery. But the difference between gospel and blues is that the gospel offers hope. The very nature of the blues is that there is no hope. Your heart is broke, you’re probably going to die from …

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Feb 26

Mustache Twirler

The villain in a story who is evil for no other reason than that he is a villain.

Jan 04

VBS 2013 Development Diary: #1

Every year since 2004* I either write or co-write the script for the skits that we use in our church’s vacation Bible school, as well as acting, directing / co-directing, designing the logo, and creating and/or supervising the production of the sets, props, and costumes. It can be massively rewarding, and a ton of fun. …

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Feb 11

Quotable: Brad Bird

In the February 2007 Spline Cast, Spline Doctors Andrew Gordon and Adam Bergen interviewed Brad Bird, where they posed this question: SD: On that kind of same path, what is it that separates good CG animation from absolutely amazing CG animation, in your opinion? BB: Well, you know, are we staying purely on the topic of animation, or …

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