Feelings

 A few weeks ago, in one of our seminars, Trevor brought up the importance of intention- what do you want the audience to feel? He expressed how storytellers are managers of emotion, and manipulate what the audience should be thinking and feeling. 

We had a task to come up with a very short scene where we were meant to be conveying emotion to the audience- however retrospectively I definitely didn't do this. However, realising that has made me realise what the intention of feeling really means and how you could go about this.

One thing that I find very obvious about me when I watch a show, is that if its something that I really like, I get attached to it and will think about it for a long time afterwards. I'm more likely to be able to explain TV shows I haven't seen in years but I was deeply engaged with at some point, then something that I watched casually a week ago (although it's very unlikely I'll watch something casually at this point past an episode or two). 

Going forward, as I intend to develop my understanding of creative ownership and control, I feel this will definitely help me to shape the feel and tone of a show past its idea. As Trevor put it in one of my one to one tutorials with him; the producer holds the ring, let others do the detail. This abstract thinking has allowed me to let go of the things that I shouldn't be focusing on, letting the really important elements have more of my time. In that tutorial, Trevor mentioned that I should look into building an understanding of leadership of creative people and recommended a book by Chris Bilton called Management and Creativity, which I have since taken out from the library and intend on reading soon.

In a later seminar, it was also mentioned about how we like to find fictions that express the feelings and reality you are experiencing. Combining these elements together, I really feel like I have a greater understanding of creating a tone and feel for an audience within a work. It's all about externalising the internal.