Andrew Stanton Storytelling

  • Story telling is joke telling.
  • Stories can pass the barriers of time, past, present, and future.
  • Storytelling w/o dialogue is the most cinematic way of storytelling.
  • The elements you provide and the order you put them in is important
  • If stories go static, they die
  • Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty
  • Storytelling has guidelines, not hard fast rules
  • “Spring Wiener” – Woody from Toy Story
  • Whatever you are good at, you would strive at the second chance given

Summary

Stories should be like joke telling. They pass the barriers of time, past, present, and future. Whatever you provide in the story, is important so putting them in order is just as important. If it goes static, it dies.