This is the presentation I gave at the Apple ProTools event in Natick, MA in June 2014. I talk about the power of stories, tell a few of my own, and share the process I use to teach students the workflow of having an idea, making it funny, and bringing that idea to the screen.

1. Hans Mundahl!
New Hampton School!
@hmundahl

2. I’d like to talk about
• A Story
• What I learned from that story
• A confession about that story

3. I’d like to talk about
• A Story
• What I learned from that story
• A confession about that story

4. Blinking VCR clock =
Technical Incompetence

5. ‘Great Man Theory’
of Funny

6. I’d like to talk about
• A Story
• What I learned from that story
• A confession about that story

7. I’d like to talk about
• A Story
• What I learned from that story
• A confession about that story

8. The stories we tell about
learning impact how and
what we learn.

10. ‘Adam Savage Theory’
of funny.

11. simple situation
+
absurd twist
+
ramp it up

12. Some kids are hanging
around. Suddenly they notice
another kid who thinks he can
fly. It turns out he really can fly.

13. Some kids are hanging
around. Suddenly they notice
another kid who thinks he can
fly. It turns out he really can fly.

14. Some kids are hanging
around. Suddenly they notice
another kid who thinks he can
fly. It turns out he really can fly.

15. Pitch.
I get it / I don’t get it.
What if…
Feel the love.

17. A guy is walking through a
train statin. Suddenly another
guy points his fingers at him
pretending he has a gun.

18. A guy is walking through a
train statin. Suddenly another
guy points his fingers at him
pretending he has a gun.

20. Some kids are hanging around
eating snacks. Suddenly they notice
another kid outside wearing a red
cape and flapping his arms. They
make fun of him and bet him he can’t
fly. As he zooms into the sky they are
surprised to see he really can fly.

21. Unit 1 - The Basics
In which we learn the workflow
and best practices for the
course.
Unit 2 - Types of Shots
In which we learn and practice
the types of shots and how they
are used.
Unit 3 - Dialog For Two
In which we learn to shoot and
edit a two person conversation
using the 180° Rule.
Unit 4 - Continuity
In which we learn to show action
without boring (or sickening) our
audience.
Unit 5 - Sound
In which we learn about the
three types of film audio and
how to use them effectively.
Unit 6 - Screenwriting
In which we learn to write scripts
for movies.

22. Sandwich Feedback
In which we give each other
helpful feedback on our work.
Special Effects & Compositing
In which we learn three basic but
effective special effects.
Project: Scary Christmas
In which we enter our first
FilmFights.com competition!
Prop Building
In which we construct and use
props in our films.
Project: With Feeling
In which we make a 30 second
film that conveys an emotion.

34. I’d like to talk about
• A Story
• What I learned from that story
• A confession about that story

35. I’d like to talk about
• A Story
• What I learned from that story
• A confession about that story

38. Hans Mundahl & Associates Inc.!
www.HansMundahl.com!
@hmundahl