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I think in a way, story telling has become easier because if we want a certain variation on a story, we can just look it up on the Internet or something. And we have access to millions of stories which may not be in print on our shelves, but can definitley be found scrolling through a Google page.
However, I do believe that advances in technology have increased our expectations for stories. Some stories, such as classic novels, transcend time. But there are some that just don't make sense to me. I really, for example, could barely get through Catcher in the Rye because there was no action in the plot (but I still enjoyed discussions on the book!). The Picture of Dorian Gray also failed to hold my attention and I sometimes get exasperated with Shakespeare. But I think that's because we get bored even with books. A lot of kids in my English classes have complained about books we have to read when it's so much easier to watch a movie and about reading "boring" books.
To add on, though, I think that technology also limits our imaginations. We get so used to seeing our favorite movies on screen so when we get around to reading the book we just imagine the movie, etc. I know a lot of people who refuse to see certain books-turned-movies because they get so annoyed with the characters and the creative liberties taken with the plots.
I don't think that modern technology is insufficient, though. I still love watching movies, reading books, seeing plays, etc. as do a lot of other people.
There is no doubt that technology has changed story telling. I think that for the most part technology has made story telling worse.
In very old times, the only way to have a story being told was if a person or a group of people acts it out. And so it would cause people to be more imaginative and creative with the way they tell stories. They would only be able to use the props available to them and whatever they could find in nature to make sounds. Thus, the stories, to the audience, were amazing, highly original, and beautifully made.
In addition, since there was a lack of technology and people would have to be right in front of the actors in order to see the story, it caused people to come together for quite some time and form a comradeship when watching the story. They could also be able to talk directly to the actors and the actors would be happy to be making the story and would feel, when the play was done, that they were just an ordinary person.
However, now, everything has changed because of technology. Only the writers write the scripts to movies or television episodes. And since people, being children to adults, don’t tell stories with anything except word of mouth, there is no need to act out stories and thus, not many of us know how to write scripts or act. Why do you think that most teenagers hate acting out scripts and when they do act, it’s not as great? Don’t get me wrong; there are a lot of great actors and actresses in our school, but they probably had parents that taught them, when they were growing up, the importance of story telling by taking them to plays.
In addition, technology has made the expectations for sound effects and props and backgrounds so high that if they don’t fit our expectations, we consider the movie or episode terrible. For example, in Mr. Langdon’s class, we saw the old and newer version of King Kong. Personally, I liked the newer version because it fit my expectations for props, sound effects, and background much more.
Technology for story telling has also prevented human interaction. Because we could just go to a movie for two to three hours and then just get up and leave, people don’t have time to interact and give their opinions of the movie. In addition, we can’t talk to the actors.
Furthermore, technology has prevented human interactions through phones. In the older days, the only way to say something is to say it face to face. But now, we could just text or email or call someone to tell them and that takes out from the story, since most emotions are conveyed through facial expressions and not through words.
I think technology has made story telling worse.
Story telling has become a lot easier. There are so many different ways that you can tell a story these days. It has come a long way since books and word-of-mouth. I think that modern technology is a big reason why story telling has become so much easier. It can help clarify what the story is about.
I think story telling is extremly easy now. We can find out information in a blink of an eye. If something happens in the hallway, you can get a text about it instantly and like that it gets around the school. If you go on vacation and come back and load your pictures on facebook that's half of the story right there. If you comment on someones wall now on facebook EVERYONE finds out about it. Information gets out so quickly. But i think what we've lost with decreasing the time to tell the story is the feeling and the bonding you get from telling a story. Like in the past, (cliche i know) people could sit around a camp fire and tell stories or even further back, indian tribes told stories through dances, it made the stories mean much more than a simple, blan text you receive from your friend. So yes, technology has decreased the time it takes to tell a story but has taken away most of the meaning of the story.
Story telling itself I think is never easy- there is a lot of thought and prep that goes into making a good story- execution, character development, sound effects, visuals, ect.
The only thing easy aspect is finding an audience- we have the internet- an audience that is there every day 24/7.
It is also easier to make more realistic special effects, so now we hold every movie to that standard- action movies in particular; they have to have huge explosions and whatnot. The bad part about this is that our generation may not appreciate older movies now that did not have as sophisticated special effects. I remember watching an episode of the Twilight Zone where a man on a plane keeps seeing a gremlin like creature at his window. I’m sure it scared people in the 60’s but the monster made me laugh, and it defeated the purpose of the episode.
The problem with technological advances in movies is that the quality of the story ends up suffering. Case in point- the boom in CGI/computerized cartoon films, most of which are easily forgettable. Personally, I miss the hand drawn cartoon, where artists took their time drawing every frame, and the movie was actually witty.
yes there are more ways to tell stories so it is easier to express your story but i think its still hard if not harder to tell stories now.
Oral stories used to be told by memorization with accents in the right places and passion behind it. And every story was told in a mesmerizing way. But now it's harder to tell a story with technology we don't tell stories that often and so we don't have as much practice. And then when you do tell a story it's not uncommon to get the sarcastic "great story" with a slow clap.
Story telling can also be fought that its just as hard as it was then but with technology now the expectations are higher. When we watch a movie nine out of ten times you critic it as ehh or even just plan bad. Back even fifty years ago the stories that people told were appreciated more ( like king kong. I think now that expectations are so high its harder to tell a story because you know not every story will be "epic"
Technology has had a bed impact on story telling by raising the expectations too high.
I definitely think story telling is more applicable to anyone now. The internet and technology has made it possible so that anyone, anywhere and at anytime can read, write and respond to anything.
Although I don't think story telling has gotten any more interesting. In fact, I think it's a little less entertaining than it used to be. People used to tell stories by acting it out or telling it to each other by mouth. So you can sense and enjoy the excitement from the interactions. But if you read a story online, all you've got is yourself.
In recent years story telling has definitely become much more easier to find. However is finding it on the internet the same way as someone actually telling the story? I believe stories on the internet are good for school work. Although, I think someone else telling the story to you adds more emotion and meaning behind the story.
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