How To Tell Better Stories, A Filmmaker's Guide

Get my newsletter at https://marislidaka.substack.com/ 00:00 - Purpose-Driven Storytelling Foundations 01:18 - Teaching Film History: Attention & Selection 02:28 - Hero’s Journey: Theory to Practice 05:27 - The Heroine’s Journey Framework 10:56 - Storytelling Beyond AI 11:37 - Applying Storytelling and Introducing Tech Topics Filmmakers are taught to create stories to create attention—for big studios or big tech companies. But that conditioning can disconnect you from the human reasons story exists. In this episode, we re-center storytelling around the right reasons: impact for the human experience. Then we use two classic frameworks—the Hero’s Journey and the Heroine’s Journey—to turn craft into transformation. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN -Filmmaking lessons often stop at craft—and leave out how to build a sustainable career. -Why stories shape civilizations—and why you must tell them for the right reasons. -The Hero’s Journey: a universal structure you can apply to life and filmmaking. -The Heroine’s Journey: the internal, healing-focused path to wholeness. -How to find story conflict and meaning even in everyday moments (yes, even “going to the store”). -A storytelling practice in editing: shrinking a story down to shorter and shorter formats while keeping the arc. -Why AI still struggles with the nuance of human experience. -A challenge: study story everywhere—and own your skills in how you communicate online and in person. Newsletter: marislidaka.substack.com Instagram:   / marislidaka