stories we tell

• what is the documentary about

  the process of making a documentary
• what camera does Sarah Polley use?

  super 8 camera
• Narrative

  The sequence of events that make up the story of a film. The way the story is structured and presented.
• Stories We Tell

  A type of narrative, encompassing both fictional and non-fictional stories, including personal narratives and meta-stories
• Narratives vs. Stories We Tell

  Narratives are a broad term for storytelling, while Stories We Tell specifically refers to the act of storytelling itself, including context and intention
• Context and Intention

  The circumstances in which a story is told (context) and the purpose or motivation behind telling it (intention) can greatly affect the story's meaning and impact
• Self-Expression Examples

  Examples of self-expression in storytelling include memoirs, poetry, personal essays, visual art, and performative storytelling
• Purpose of Self-Expression

  Self-expression serves purposes such as catharsis, empathy, identity formation, introspection, and community building
• Personal and Universal Aspects of Self-Expression

  Self-expression can both reflect individual uniqueness and tap into universal human experiences, allowing for a balance between personal and universal aspects
• Blending Personal and Universal Elements

  Combining personal anecdotes with universal themes can increase relatability, build empathy, and create a sense of belonging in self-expression
• Empathy in Storytelling

  Empathy in storytelling increases connection, emotional resonance, understanding, and retention, creating a sense of community and challenging perspectives
• Empathy in Character Development

  Empathy in character development leads to deeper understanding, complexity, relatability, depth, and nuance, creating more realistic, diverse, and engaging characters
• Empathy and Character Motivations

  Empathy in character motivations leads to authenticity, motivations rooted in emotions, change and growth, inner conflict, and nuanced decision-making, creating more realistic, relatable, and engaging characters
• Empathy and Character Development

  Empathy in character development leads to depth, relatability, authenticity, growth, nuanced dialogue, and rich backstory, creating more compelling, emotionally resonant, and memorable characters
• Empathy and Character Motivations

  Empathy in character motivations leads to motivations rooted in emotions, emotional intelligence, compassion, personal growth, and conflict resolution, creating more realistic, relatable, and nuanced characters
• Empathy and Character Development

  Empathy in character development leads to deeper understanding, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, improved relationships, and personal growth, creating more realistic, relatable, and emotionally resonant characters
• Empathy and Character Flaws

  Empathy in character flaws leads to vulnerability, conflict, lack of self-control, over-identification, and improved flaws, creating more realistic, relatable, and nuanced characters
• Empathy and Character Flaws: Deeper Insights

  Empathy in character flaws leads to flawed empathy, emotional manipulation, over-empathy, lack of boundaries, and conflict resolution, creating more nuanced, realistic, and emotionally resonant characters
• Consequences of Over-Empathy

  The consequences of over-empathy include emotional exhaustion, emotional detachment, lack of emotional boundaries, difficulty in decision-making, empathy burnout, and loss of personal identity, creating characters that are more nuanced, relatable, and emotionally resonant
• Benefits of Empathy

  The benefits of empathy include improved relationships, conflict resolution, communication, teamwork, personal growth, improved mental health, increased creativity, and enhanced problem-solving, creating characters that are more realistic, relatable, and emotionally resonant
• Empathy and Mental Health

  Empathy has a significant impact on mental health, including reducing stress and anxiety, improving mood, enhancing emotional regulation, increasing self-esteem, reducing symptoms of depression, fostering resilience, improving sleep, and enhancing overall well-being, creating characters that are more realistic, relatable, and emotionally resonant
• Empathy and Mental Health

  Empathy has both positive and negative effects on mental health, including emotional regulation, mood enhancement, social support, resilience, emotional overload, fear of social rejection, merging with others' emotions, and lack of emotional boundaries, highlighting the importance of moderation, healthy boundaries, and seeking professional help when needed
• Empathy Development and Maintenance

  Model empathetic behavior, practice self-empathy, develop emotional regulation skills, and encourage social connection to foster healthy empathy and improve mental health outcomes
• Empathy in Mental Health: Nuances and Considerations

  Empathy can serve as a coping mechanism, but also lead to emotional overload, influenced by emotional intelligence, attachment styles, and social anxiety, impacted by trauma and mental health conditions, requiring individualized approaches to empathy development and maintenance
• name the 6 documentary modes

  poetic

  expostional

  reflexive

  performative

  participatory

  obersventional
• talking heads

  when the presenter or reporter talks to the audience during an interview
• how many levels are there in a documentary?

  3
• what is level 1

  surface level
• what is level 2

  deeper level
• what is level 3

  meta level
• who said "the crucial function of arts is too tell the truth"

  Harry