Iris_chapter_4 Q
Reading about the importance of face expression, gesture, body language etc. in storytelling is nothing really new to me but I like her approach not to train particular elements to make a story more convincing but to train your "inner attitude" - to convince yourself before you are able to convince others. She also in my opinion correctly remarks that body language can be read differently (especially when you deal with a different cultural background).
...But reading about the importance of the "visual aspects" of oral storytelling (-what a combination of terms!) made me recognize what an important craft it is to create good radio stories. In radio stories there are no gestures or face expressions or body language....probably the voice expression, sound effects, music and atmo-sound have to replace all this.
My question to this course is: What is it nevertheless that makes you listen to a good radio-story....or do you not listen at all to pure oral storytelling?
(isn't phoning with a friend something similar???...nevermind...)
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posted by irantoni @ 7:04 PM
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The power of imagination is what hooks listeners to oral stories.
If the listeners' can conjure a vision of the story, they remain interested.
I'm interested in the Irish stuff because of its particular attention to detail, place, and the more primal dynamic of Irish speech patterns. That is, exactly what the accent does for American ears.
It's like IM conversations too, except even the vocal patterns are unrecognizable.
I think, when it comes to good radio copy, it's the salience of the information. If I can relate to the story or if I feel the story will help be better understand human-kind I'll listen to it.
People give me shit for listening to NPR and think i'm crazy for relating to stories that I would generally not be interested in. Good stories are good stories.
To piggyback on Chad's comment, Simmons mentions several times that as a storyteller you're trying to help your listener create a visual image. She even goes so far as to say that a great storyteller can have people conjure up smells and tastes. Simmons cites an example in which people stick their noses out to get an imaginary whiff of something... Imagination is definitely why people are attracted to oral stories.
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