Many journalist often struggles to tell their stories in an appealing way. This slides will give a practical tips and trick on how to use scriptwriting elements, such as finding the premise, theme, characterization, to improve their non fiction storytelling.

1. Cinematic Storytelling
How to use scriptwriting elements to improve your non-fiction storytelling

2. Cinematic storytelling
Premise
Character Conflict Resolution
Theme Sequens

3. Prof, No One
Is Reading
You!

4. 1.5 million
peer-reviewed articles are
published annually,
82 per cent are
not even cited once.
Prof, No One
Is Reading
You!

5. 1.5 million
peer-reviewed articles are
published annually,
82 per cent are
not even cited once.
Only 20 per cent
of papers cited have
actually been read.
Prof, No One
Is Reading
You!

6. Why?

7. Why?

8. Why?
Difficult to access and expensive
for anyone outside of academia.
The incomprehensible jargon and the
sheer volume and lengths of papers would
still prevent practitioners (including
journalists) from reading and
understanding them. - The Straits Times

9. In a word,
Mmeeoow
(Read: Boring)

10. That is why
storytelling
matters, mate!

11. Malin Kundang
wont survived without
a good storytelling

12. Let’s talk about
love
and jewellery

13. Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?

14. Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?
The instrument they created, in 1888, was called
De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.

15. Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?
The instrument they created, in 1888, was called
De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.
Queen Elizabeth went on a well-publicized
trip to several South African diamond mines,
and she accepted a diamond from Oppenheimer.

16. Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?
The instrument they created, in 1888, was called
De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd.
Queen Elizabeth went on a well-publicized
trip to several South African diamond mines,
and she accepted a diamond from Oppenheimer.
Movie idols, the paragons of romance,
would be given diamonds to use as their symbols
of indestructible love.

17. People wants to
hear good stories
How can we journalist
serve their needs?

18. There are
many ways
to tell story,
but for us…

19. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

20. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

21. Premise
Character + Want / Conflict = Premise
Somebody wants something badly but
having a hard time while getting it

22. Premise
Character + Want / Conflict = Premise
Somebody wants something badly but
having a hard time while getting it

23. Premise
Post office + survive
/ leave its core business
Post office really wants to survive,
but post office need to
leave its core business

24. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

25. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

26. Theme
Find a word
that can explain
what’s your story
is all about

27. Theme
Find a word
that can explain
what’s your story
is all about

28. Theme
Introspection

29. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

30. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

31. How do we develop
an interesting and
believable
character?
Character

32. Character

33. Exploit the dominant trait, emphasise the hamartia
Character

34. Exploit the dominant trait, emphasise the hamartia
Funny Undecided
Character

35. Funny Undecided
Character

36. Funny Undecided
Find the “wants” and “needs”
Character

37. Find the “wants” and “needs”
Character

38. Find the “wants” and “needs”
Wants: Accomplishing his task
Needs: Pay attention to whats around
Wants: Love and be loved
Needs: Please decide!
Character

39. Character
Character: Post office
Dominant trait: Confidence
Hamartia: Slow response
Wants: Live forever
Needs: Convert to digital

40. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

41. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

42. Conflict
Character Vs Character
Character Vs God
Character Vs Itself

43. Conflict
Character Vs Character
Character Vs God
Character Vs Itself

44. Conflict

45. Which one is the best conflict?
Conflict

46. Conflict
Post office Vs Internet
Post office Vs Itself
Post office Vs JNE/Tiki/etc

47. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

48. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

49. Resolution
Fulfillment
Wants or needs?
A change in protagonist

50. Resolution
Fulfillment
Wants or needs?
A change in protagonist

51. Resolution

52. Resolution

53. Resolution

54. Resolution

55. Resolution
Goes digital
Expedition
E-commerce

56. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

57. Cinematic storytelling
Premise Character
Conflict Resolution
Theme
Sequence

58. The
architecture
of writing
Sequence

59. The
architecture
of writing
| ——- | ——- | —— |
Act I Act II Act III
Setup Conflict Resolution
Sequence

60. The
architecture
of writing
| ——- | ——- | —— |
Act I Act II Act III
Setup Conflict Resolution
Sequence
Form

61. Sequence
Act I Act II Act III

62. Sequence
|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|
VIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII
Act I Act II Act III

63. Sequence
|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|
VIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII
B PoA PP1 TMP PP2 E
Act I Act II Act III

64. Sequence
|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|
VIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII
Routine Clash Easy way Hard way Romance New move Wrong way Right way
B PoA PP1 TMP PP2 E
Act I Act II Act III

65. Sequence
|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|
VIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII
Routine Clash Easy way Hard way Romance New move Wrong way Right way
B PoA PP1 TMP PP2 E
Act I Act II Act III
Formula

66. Sequence

67. Sequence
|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|
VIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII

68. Sequence
|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|
VIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII
B PoA PP1 TMP PP2 E

69. Sequence
|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|——-|
VIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII
Golden era Internet old way Digital Romance Expedition Challenge New Business
B PoA PP1 TMP PP2 E

71. My two cents…

72. My two cents…
Write for the ears

73. My two cents…
Write for the ears
Enter late
Exit fast

74. My two cents…
Write for the ears
Pay attention to your breath
Enter late
Exit fast

75. My two cents…
Write for the ears
Pay attention to your breath
Write for the screen, not for the brain
Enter late
Exit fast

76. My two cents…
Write for the ears
Pay attention to your breath
Write for the screen, not for the brain
Use your six senses
Enter late
Exit fast

77. My two cents…
Write for the ears
Pay attention to your breath
Write for the screen, not for the brain
Use your six senses
Content-Context
Context-Content
Enter late
Exit fast

78. “Talent is nothing
without focus and
endurance.”
- Murakami
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