Keynote: The Art and Science of Storytelling: How to Shape Your Ideas to Stand Out in the Modern Age of Mass Media and Entertainment

Stories are as old as time. From the earliest cave paintings to modern movies, human beings have had a desire and a need to tell stories as a way to share experiences and insights and to explore the depths of our psyches. This presentation is for anyone with a story to tell -- whether as a movie, steaming series, novel, video game, anime or any other story form. How do you tell your story so that it rises above all the noise and finds an audience to embrace it? There is no magic formula or secret recipe that guarantees your story will be good (that's a product of talent, skill, and many unmeasurable things), but there is a timeless, tried-and-true mythic structure to storytelling that can help pave the way. It is the foundation upon which all stories are built. Without it your story will crumble, but with it you'll have the potential to build a story that reaches the stars.