Storytelling Archives - Matt Knisely

Fork In The Road

Did you ever get a feeling, have a strong inclination or hear a voice urging you to choose a certain path and discover something unexpected? There always comes a time in life when you find yourself at a fork in the road. Do you go down the road less traveled or the one which has been paved?

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Family & Story

‘Thou shalt not’ is soon forgotten, but ‘Once upon a time’ lasts forever. -Philip Pullman

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We Are Not Invisible

I was honored to serve as a “Story Navigator” for a four minute film contest at a conference in Chicago called Story. The idea was to comb through Twitter and pick two submitted story lines to compete against each other. The stories needed to be original and be picked, developled, shot, and edited in under 12 hours. No small feet, a 4 minute story in Television would take a

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Chapter 1

Over the last two years I have been told numerous times I should write a book. It’s been something I have prayed about, something I have been seeking guidance on and something which to be frank, I tried to run away from.

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Echo Conference

Are you planning on coming to Echo 2010? How about my session on Visual Communication/Storytelling?

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Cultivate: Visual Storytelling

I’ve gotten a lot of messages and requests to put something up from the conversation I was facilitating at Cultivate, because of the limited space in the room. I was honored to be speaking to a standing room only crowd. Background: For more than fifth-teen years I work in broadcast news employed at TV Stations around the United States. Most recently, I was the Director of Photojournalism in Minneapolis

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Speaking at Echo

Really excited about speaking at ECHO this July 29-31 in Dallas. I’m going to talk about how video production has changed; lightweight gear, no time…“make it good – fast”. Your ability to craft a look with digital cameras is more important now than ever… Hope you’ll be there in Dallas.

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