कहानी और कहानीकार
Art of Storytelling
Want to learn how to become a professional storyteller? Want to engage, inspire & influence the world with your stories?
6 Module/45 Classes
3-4 Hrs/Week
Validity
Lifetime/All Devices
Certificate
Course Completion
Course Language
Hindi
What You’ll Learn
‘Art of Storytelling’ is an online acting course with comprehensive knowledge on how to create, prepare and perform a story. This course features performative online storytelling classes that will help you practically apply the learnings in creating and performing stories professionally. This storytelling skills training will present the most effective ways to find a voice for all the stories that need to be told. Through our practice-based exercises & experiential learning, you will build a strong foundation in the art of storytelling.
6 Modules, 45 Classes, 9 Downloadable Resources
First encounters are truly the most impressionable. It is the moment when we engage with utmost authenticity, openness, and acceptance. Just like people, the first encounter with a play gives us an idea about the crux of it – what it is actually about. This module is all about meeting the script ‘Reech’, which is the Hindi adaptation of Anton Checkov’s ‘The Bear’. The classes focus on some of the preliminary and foundational concepts that one can keep in mind while reading any script for the first time.
Module 1 Handout
Module 1 Introduction
Memories / यादों का सफ़र
People / प्यारी सी मुलाक़ात
Routine / रोज़मर्रा की कहानी
Gossips / सुनी सुनाई
Windows / तांका झांकी
Objects / अनोखी दुनिया
Imagination / ख़याली पुलाव
Module 1 Task
Module 1 Task Sheet
A script is like a treasure trove having many tiny and massive pieces of information hidden in the entire story. To understand the script in the best way, it becomes crucial to breaking the script into several many parts only to once again build it all together at the end. This breaking up is a very important step in analysing any given script. It helps readers to process the intricacies of each section of the script, in order to understand the script as a whole. This module explains the technique behind understanding the script, both, in parts and as a whole.
Module 2 Handout
Module 2 Introduction
Background / वक्त का सफ़र
Description / तस्वीर के रंग
Events / घटनाओं का Runway
Actions / करमों का पैकेट
Message / ज़िंदगी के सबक़
Structure / कहानी का आकार
Ekalavya Story – Akshay Gandhi
Module 2 Task
Module 2 Task Sheet
Every script has its own unique world, both, inside and outside its story. This world of the script deeply impacts the character’s life. A character’s way of life is influenced by their social upbringing, their present environment, the culture they exist in, and their socio-economic situation. In many ways, the world of the script determines a character’s actions and behaviour. This module is all about understanding these two worlds of a script – inside and outside – in order to completely immerse into the world of analysing a script.
Module 3 Handout
Module 3 Introduction
Background Research / जासूसी खोजबीन
Identifying Characters / किरदारों से मुलाक़ात
World of Story / कहानी की दुनिया
Identifying Events & Actions / धमाल कमाल
Identifying Message / कहानी के सबक़
Identifying Structure / कहानी का कंकाल
Imagination & Believability / कल्पना के पर
Module 3 Task
Module 3 Task Sheet
Characters are the heart of a script and its story. They drive the narrative and humanise the story. Actions and dialogues are where they shine the best. A character in a script is fictional until it is understood. The moment we start to dive into their personal traits, thoughts, beliefs and opinions, they come alive and give dimension to the story they are telling. A good actor knows the importance of studying a character inside out and from all possible angles, such that the actor and the character seem like one. This module presents the technique to enter into the world of a character. This module dives deeper into the psyche of a character to understand what they actually are and want in a given script and its story.
Module 4 Handout
Module 4 Introduction
Non-Verbal Telling / ख़ामोश कहानी
Character Voice / किरदारों की आवाज़
Sounds / आवाज़ों का खेल
Playing Objects / वस्तु तथास्तु
Composing Beginning / पहली मुलाक़ात
Composing Middle / फिर कई मुलाक़ातें
Pauses / थमिए ज़रा
Composing Ends / आख़री मुलाक़ात
Final Task
Final Task by Akshay Gandhi
Final Task Sheet
Continue Your Journey
Greenroom Hacks
Recommended Resources
Stories From Daily Life Observation Skills Use Of Imagination Developing Personal Stories Understanding Story Structure Preparing Pre-Written Story Building Characters Finding Character Voice Building Soundscapes Storytelling Performance
Practice-Based Exercise
Performative Tasks
Collaborative Classes
Reflection
Assignments
Sample Classes
Please sign up to view the sample classes
Know Your Facilitator
BY AKHSHAY GANDHI
Actor, Director & Storyteller
At the age of 23, I was introduced to theatre and the passion eventually led me to leave my comfortable corporate job to pursue theatre full-time.
Ekalavya Course Format
This course is best for?
STORYTELLERS, ACTORS, PERFORMERS, INFLUENCERS, CONTENT CREATORS BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, PRESENTERS
