Storytelling encompasses words, images, and sound. Bringing a story to life is storytelling: the course aims to provide the method and tools needed to create successful stories using different narrative forms.

Along with analyzing various forms of storytelling—narrative, cinema, fiction, documentary, web, photography, and music—students will learn the rules and techniques for turning a story into a good one. By exploring the different levels of storytelling, they will be able to create a personal, creative project that expresses the narrative form best suited to their talents.

The sessions will be led by Valentina Faloni, a Storytelling instructor for the Creative Master's programs at the LUISS Creative Business Center – Writing School for Cinema & Television, Master of Art, and Master of Music – as well as for the LUISS Writing Summer School and the cultural activities at LUISS Guido Carli.

Schedule

• March 2, 2016 - Storytelling: The Art of Narration. What is storytelling? What does it mean to tell stories? Methods and applications
• March 9, 2016 - Storytelling in creative production. The rules of storytelling: what makes a story a good story. The techniques
• March 16, 2016 - Storytelling and visual storytelling. Storytelling without words, featuring photographer Anna Di Prospero
• March 23, 2016 - Storytelling and the narrative. The narrative, the character’s journey of transformation. TV series, movies, and docuseries. The story’s hero and supporting characters
• April 6, 2016 - Storytelling and identity. Knowing how to tell a story means moving people. The meaning of the story and the layers of the narrative. Dramaturgy. The use of music and the rhythm of storytelling
• April 13, 2016 - Storytelling: a project. Reading/watching session for projects completed during the course. Narration, forms of narration, words, images, and sound. Bringing your story to life

The sessions are held in room 308 C (the Blue Room) at the Viale Romania campus from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM.

The most deserving students will have access to the Storytellinglovers platform, curated by Professor Valentina Faloni, to publish their most interesting work. The platform's theme is “To Tell is to Exist.”

The maximum number of participants has been reached. 
Interested students who can commit to attending the sessions regularly can register for the waiting list by February 25, 2016, by sending an email to attivitaculturali@luiss.it  from their LUISS email address and providing a phone number.