@ The Arts House

Whether you are beginning your storytelling adventure or you are a more experienced storyteller, we invite you to our free public talks by some of the biggest names in the storytelling world. Refreshing insights guaranteed!

� Denise Atchley: Defining Digital Storytelling
� James Bonnet : Nurturing and Optimizing the Craft of Storytelling: Exchanging Perspectives with the Singapore Flim Community

27 August 07, 7.00pm to 8.00pm
Defining Digital Storytelling by Denise Atchley

Digital Storytelling is about creating a personal digital story that is not purely an acquisition of facts, but learning how to make the facts alive – a journey of personal expression. Every individual, every home, every community, why, for that matter every corporate entity has a story to tell; except that 1) these stories lie buried, incoherent or mute, in photos, albums, documents, presentations, video-clips and speeches, 2) everyone may not have the skills or the talent to "tell" a gripping story and 3) everyone hasn't had the benefit of training or even the experience to write a script and then productionize the material into a succinct yet captivating story. But all that is now set to change with Digital Storytelling. Denise Atchley, the Co-Founder and Director of The Digital Storytelling Festival™ in the U.S., will deliver an interesting talk on this new and exciting concept - discussing the roots of the movement and showing examples of digital storytelling work and explanation of various uses of digital storytelling (business, education, personal, etc.).

28 August 07, 5.00pm to 6.00pm
Nurturing and Optimizing the Craft of Storytelling: Exchanging Perspectives with the Singapore Flim Community by James Bonnet

At the current, extremely exciting stage of Singapore’s film production industry development, one of the critical success factors identified is the ability to tell good stories well. The local film community could not ask for a better resource person than master storyteller James Bonnet, who, in this important public talk, will explain the importance of storytelling in the cinema domain, and review the essential elements that all great stories have in common and the things that make them unique. James will also share his insights into contemporary developments and issues in screenwriting, and debunk some of the myths (plus clarify many of the facts) about the creative development process. This talk will also be a unique opportunity to hear about successes and failures from around the world, and the key learning experiences arising from them. James will provide case studies of selected seminal works, as well as advice to young and aspiring screenwriters. This is one talk that all involved and / or interested in Singapore filmmaking cannot afford to miss!