Patrick Moreau, Author at Dare Dreamer Entertainment https://daredreamer.com/author/kindilearnstory-org/ The Sites & Sounds of Creative Expression Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:15:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 96915532 One Reason Those “5 Reasons…” Posts Are Irresistible Stories https://daredreamer.com/clickbait/ Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:00:07 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27580 There’s a reason all those “Top 5” and similar lists are so popular. Today we explore why and why you should care. Anybody else getting a little tired of being bombarded with 5 ways to do this, 3 reasons for that, or 7 ideas that will help you…? Hey, we’re guilty of it too. Some […]

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]]> 27580 The Day I Gained a New Perspective When I Shot the President https://daredreamer.com/patrick-and-the-president/ Thu, 14 Jul 2016 16:00:42 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27578 The valuable lesson I (Patrick Moreau) learned when I got to shoot the president. Get a new perspective. Back in 2010, a sweaty and victorious Drew Brees held a 7-pound sterling silver football trophy over his head as red, white, and blue confetti fell to the ground at the Sun Life Stadium in Florida. The New […]

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]]> 27578 Narrative Transportation: What It Is and Why Every Storyteller Needs to Know It https://daredreamer.com/narrative-transportation/ Thu, 02 Jun 2016 19:00:21 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27347 What is it like to be so engrossed in a story, you forget everything around you and lose yourself in the narrative? I was sitting on a United flight a few days ago. It was a last-minute flight so I ended up with a middle seat in the back of the plane. Before I left […]

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]]> 27347 What Science Can Teach Us About Being a Truly Happy Creative https://daredreamer.com/happy-creative/ Thu, 26 May 2016 19:00:22 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27343 There are things that happen within our lives that truly shake us to the core. Those moments that we can remember decades later with vivid clarity. For many of us, September 11, 2001 was one of those moments. We can remember exactly where we were the moment we first learned what was happening. These moments […]

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]]> 27343 A Sneak Peek at the New Muse Storybuilder Software https://daredreamer.com/storybuilder-sneakpeek/ Sun, 22 May 2016 15:00:32 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27345 Can software really help you tell better stories? We think this one can. Building software is no joke. It’s crazy how easy it is to have hundreds of thousands of dollars and a year of your life just drift away. It’s such an investment in time and money that you really want to be sure […]

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]]> 27345 What Is Plot? The Ultimate Guide for Beginners https://daredreamer.com/what-is-plot/ Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:00:06 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27224 Stillmotion lead storytellier Patrick Moreau gives insight into the question “What is plot?” as it pertains to documentary storytelling. Of the 4 Pillars of story–People, Place, Purpose, and Plot–there is one single pillar that is by far the most difficult to master. It’s difficult, but not impossible. Like anything in the universe, breaking it down […]

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]]> 27224 One mind trick to get more out of even the toughest interviewee https://daredreamer.com/interview-mind-trick/ Thu, 21 Apr 2016 17:00:40 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27218 Patrick Moreau of Stillmotion shares some more sage advice about interviewing tips for documentary filmmaking. What happens when we need to do something that is in opposition to what we believe? How does our behavior change our previously held belief? And how can we use this understanding to unleash one super mind hack to always […]

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]]> 27218 How to Get Better Interviews by Overcoming this Bad Habit https://daredreamer.com/better-interviews/ Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:00:37 +0000 http://daredreamer.fm/?p=27207 This one error in thinking is absolutely insidious and can sabotage so many parts of your filmmaking. And until we confront it, we don’t really have any hope of overcoming it. But first, a story. A couple years back we were doing a rather high-profile video for a large cancer hospital. By “high profile: I mean […]

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