Musical Workshop Part 1 — The Story Idea

Posted in Drama Workshop Videos (transl.: English) |

In this first part of his German-language drama musi­cal work­shop, Michael Kunze explores the ini­tial stage of the story-finding process — the story idea.

Does it mat­ter where the idea comes from? No.
What mat­ters most is your resonance.

How does the idea affect you?
Do you feel excite­ment, pas­sion, energy?
What about 6 months later? 2 years?
Are you still blown away by the sheer emo­tional fire of your idea?

With­out such a pro­found psy­cho­log­i­cal impact there’s lit­tle hope that a story idea will pass the tri­als and tribu­la­tions of a long and dif­fi­cult pro­duc­tion process.

Dr. Kunze warns about look­ing for story ideas in cur­rent events and trendy move­ments. Trends can pass quickly, but the devel­op­ment of a good story — from the con­cep­tion to the pre­miere — might take years.

Num­ber One Rule For Find­ing A Good Story Idea:

Don’t try to be clever and tricky — lis­ten to your inner voice!

Michael Kunze is cur­rently pro­duc­ing a series of English-language Musi­cal Work­shop Videos. These will be added to this site as they become avail­able. Look at the top nav­i­ga­tion bar where it says Mas­ter Class.

Until then, please watch the Ger­man Drama Musi­cal Mas­ter­class videos while you’re read­ing the above summary:

Watch the video here!