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Film making is Storytelling what is your Top line? @ronybanerjee

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Film making is Storytellingwhat is your Top line?

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You' ve got the worm of a story idea, and you are now thinking… how do I begin the

story

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How do I strengthen it?

Its important to analyze, what the audiences want

from a story

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A question is going to be asked at this juncture

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What's the story all about?

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It shall be your Top line

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In order to identify the issue and make it visible, think about a beautiful, elegant sentence.

SholayLagaanChak deSultan 3 IdiotsLawrence of Arabia

God Father

Beauty and The Beast

Honey I shrunk The kids

Home Alone

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Within this Top Line, try to tell the audience What's going to happen?

However maintain some suspense as wellYour top line should give a sense of waiting for the audience .They should wait until the end of it .

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While you move ahead with framing the story, keep yourself seated at the audiences place and figure out whether the story relates and connects to your own life or not.

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Before you go filming, you must know the answers.This gives confidence.

Never mind jotting down your points in small pieces of paper tucked in your pocket

This shall give you confidence to shoot and allow you to take the right decisions about what elements do you need to capture for you story, while you are filming it.

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It has to be compelling !!

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