Day 2: What story of the future city will you have to tell later?

Coffee/tea at 8.45
9.00 gather at 11th floor

Where we meet: ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY / HOOGENSCHOOL ROTTERDAM

9.15 – 10.00
Input lecture:

I love water, climate and cities

Joep Jansen author of the book ‘Living with the Mekong’. Storytelling expert.

The ingredients of my story in Bangladesh

main character

ambition

conflict

solution

result

joepjanssen.com

Niels van den Berge

As storytellers, we are enabling people to escape poverty.

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10.15 -12.30

Wrap up the first sketching impressions in groups

Working in groups at top floor location of Rotterdam University using wacom and digital pens.

Tanja Hess, Andreas Mädler, Carmen Wenger are your coaches.

12.30 -13.30 lunch

Afternoon till 16.15 working in the city. 16.15 program goes on at Rotterdam University

QUESTIONS TO ASK TODAY WHEN YOU GO OUT TO YOUR LOCATIONS TO SKETCH

When you go out for the second day: Scout situations with feelings.
Scoop everyday situations with a little humour, interesting people or poetic situations.
Look for stories with a small obstacle.
Give context by drawing, writing or adding collage or even a song text …
Always involve feelings because naked facts are not very attracting.
And visualize facts. Confront both of them.

Always think in terms of a story: what would you tell later about what you have seen in the city while sketching?

Think about your viewpoint. The eye level tells about your position as an observer. Make a link to your audience, include your audience.
Focus on what people are working. Or scout scenes with repetition and tell a story over a certain time.
Charge and enrich your story with emotions that you can locate in the situation. Let your audience feel your feelings while telling your story with the pencil.
Catch the everyday stories that are around you. Do not look for the extremes, they may be misunderstood.
Do not eyeball, always ask and note questions. Maybe directly into the sketch.

Stories, and above all hero journeys, are built upon things to “take home” – keep this always in mind.
What are the ingredients of your stories if you tell the story later on.