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		<title>Storytelling About A Cause</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many artists feel driven to create stories about some form of injustice or something that frustrates them. Though the motivation behind such stories can be positive, the premise is by its very nature a negative one. You’re telling a story about something you don’t like. How do we move past this obstacle (or is it even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=372&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are You Writing For? (And Why You Don’t Finish)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A graveyard with unending borders stretches out through time, bursting full with unfinished speeches, articles, books, shorts, movies and poems. So many stories go unfinished, and so many storytellers never finish anything at all. Why don’t you finish? I’ll answer with a question: who are you writing for? Most of us were taught to, “Write [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=367&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Training With Interest</title>
		<link>http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/training-with-interest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/?p=360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest challenges of training is keeping the attention of your audience. People keep a train of thought for 17 seconds before their brain switches to something new. It&#8217;s your job as a trainer to keep ahead of that so they are switching where you want them to go. I&#8217;ve seen different stats [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=360&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Color Correction Demystified</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Independent filmmakers often think that color correction on their work is outside their reach. Big movies have color grade artists and DaVinci machines with all the cool toys. Any professional grade editing software (like Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro) has solid color correction tools built in. Even Final Cut X has some really good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=342&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Effects as Story</title>
		<link>http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/visual-effects-as-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visual effects are often thought of as eye-candy&#8211; a great way to generate excitement and create production value. My post, Action With Purpose discussed why action needs to be about more than excitement. Visual effects are no different. One of my favorite visual effects is the not-so-humble lense flare. J.J. Abrams and Michael Bay love to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=325&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Formulas Work?</title>
		<link>http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/do-formulas-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/?p=229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting question for you: Do story formulas work? It&#8217;s very hard to argue that they don&#8217;t. Hollywood churns out film after film using their tried and true formulas. We&#8217;ve seen it a thousand times. Scientists and architects use formulas every day. They lay out the order of things and how different components interact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=229&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Write What You Don&#8217;t Know</title>
		<link>http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/write-what-you-dont-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/?p=238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The old adage, &#8220;Write what you know,&#8221; has served many writers well. It&#8217;s just smart to utilize your strengths. Even still, sometimes a storyteller does not have that luxury. A compelling idea might challenge you to explore areas you aren&#8217;t familiar with or more likely you&#8217;re assigned to work on a story by someone else. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=238&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Acting &#8211; Giving Your Characters Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://storytellingandlead.wordpress.com/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every character has a life of their own. They have a voice, a history and a personality. Portraying that life on a stage or screen can at times be challenging, especially for characters with few lines. You need to know who you&#8217;re portraying. Even a simple character needs more depth than a script provides on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=220&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neat Technology &#8211; Inkling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a neat piece of technology coming out this month. It&#8217;s made by Wacom so it will be high quality. Seems like a perfect way to make digital sketches on any kind of paper when you&#8217;re away from the computer. Doodling in a sketchbook just got more interesting!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=224&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Punishing Your Heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kip Farrar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When learning to create protagonists for your stories, it&#8217;s easy to feel that your hero needs to outsmart, outmaneuver and out fight everyone else. I mean, they&#8217;re the hero, right? It may seem counter-intuitive, but punishment and failure is a large part of your hero&#8217;s appeal. Conversely, a hero that wins every moment of your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=storytellingandlead.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26056077&amp;post=202&amp;subd=storytellingandlead&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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