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9. Ira Glass on Storytelling

by David Shiyang Liu

8 months ago

8. The set, animated!

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1 year ago

7. MONKEYS.

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3. "5Films in an anthology of a Film a Month" - Trailer 1

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1. David Shiyang Animation Reel 2008

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3 years ago

All credit due to the amazing Ira Glass.

Source audio is from this very seminal video by current.tv:

youtube.com/watch?v=BI23U7U2aUY

Made in three days on Illustrator and After Effects, for Day 6 of the #30daysofcreativity.

(Yes, I think it shows too.)

CORRECTION:
After rendering, uploading, and transcoding on vimeo, I'd noticed I'd written it as 'Radio Public International' instead of 'Public Radio International' - my apologies! I blame sleepiness. Will update an updated version asap.

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marcoPapale.com 8 months ago

Added to Kinetic Typography Channel!
Thanks! good work!
mrminelli 8 months ago

thx this helped
REACTIVO FILMES 8 months ago

THANX DAVID!
BEST,
JOSE RODRIGUES CUNHA
Sarah Smith 7 months ago

you must have quite a volume of work to have created this. It's beautiful (and I shared it on Facebook).
André Nishiwaki 7 months ago

Totally inspiring. Good job!
Andrew Pratt 7 months ago

As a fellow #30daysofcreativity worker bee, my hat's off.
Aaron Kato 7 months ago

This thing helped a lot now... I feel recharged and on the right track :) I will never quit anyway, it's something that is worth to live for!
Paul Davidson 7 months ago

I love this! Thank you.
Instituto MangaRosa 7 months ago

uau
Danny Bull 7 months ago

this is awesome!
Natural Living 6 months ago

true Dat. [and nicely done, btw]
Ryan Unger 6 months ago

Much needed....
Yahya Ehsan 6 months ago

truly magnificent and motivational
Catalin 6 months ago

You are the hero of the day.
Jahaan London 6 months ago

great message lol so true !
ktweddingphotography 6 months ago

Fantastic, worded perfectly!!
VideoBoem 6 months ago

true...
Wen Rolland 6 months ago

Well done man.
Trevor Carlee 6 months ago

This is great. Really engaging. I just noticed one mistake (and I'm sure you're not interested in fixing and re-outputting); or at least I think it's wrong. I believe at :58, he says, "The thing I want to say to you is" really fast so it sounds like "the thing what to do is" (which is what you put up). Other than that, this inspired me! Great job!
Johnna Brynn 6 months ago

LOVE. and posted on my fb fanpage. thank you. ;)
Ashley Robinson 6 months ago

This Helped Me So Much :) Thanks For Posting It. I Will Not Quit!!!!
Brennan L. 6 months ago

I love Ira Glass. Awesome writer / speaker.

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Margaret Moon 6 months ago

Wonderful work - you've captured the urgency of Ira Glass' speech patterns so well. Thank you. Margaret Moon
Emily Brundige 5 months ago

Well, thank goodness! Thanks for putting this together. And thank you, Ira...
AFC FILMS 5 months ago

I am a beginner, I needed to hear this, it spoke right into what i am doing! I will make them in bulk!
Alex Fernandez 5 months ago

This is soooo True, I thought I was the only one who felt this way. Thanks for this
Ross Wilson 5 months ago

just getting out of the disappointment phase.. wish I heard this literally years ago! Writers need a support system of other writes and that video is gold! great graphics too!
Amber Harloff 5 months ago

Nice Job!!! I am going to share it today!!
cvstodia 5 months ago

Gracias. Quedó muy bonito.
Michael Meltchenko 5 months ago

Never give up, NEVER SURRENDER!
Eli Anderson 5 months ago

Greetings.
Brilliant...brilliant...brilliant!!
Are you on FB or twitter? let me know so I can follow.
(FB = e_akan (the orange face), and same on twitter=e_akan (except no orange face!).
OL.
Eli Anderson 5 months ago

Greetings.
PS. my website is eakan.co.uk
and email: eli@eakan.co.uk.
OL.
Celine Willard 5 months ago

Love this, thank you! Posted it to my company's blog: solutionarymedia.com/2011/09/ira-glass-speaks-about-storytelling/
MyVIPhoto.com 5 months ago

Wow!!! Exactly what I needed to hear!!! And See!!! Amazing... Bravo!!!
Hooman Bahrani 5 months ago

Much better audio only. The words and animation are so distracting. TAL is awesome, Ira is awesome, the audio is awesome. Just no need for animation for the sake of animation.
hannaH Addington 5 months ago

Thank you for your work :)
zomba 5 months ago

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Torstein ringnes 5 months ago

im so gonna get trough that fase!! Thanks to you :)
Margaret Tillson 5 months ago

perfecto! just the message required merci :-)
Andre Friedman 5 months ago

Inspiring!
Lorraine James 5 months ago

Very inspiring. He's saying what we're all feeling and haven't articulated in the same way.
LUDWIG VAN 4 months ago

Couldn't have ran across this at a more appropriate time! - cosmic.
Christopher Castagnet 4 months ago

good job
Kim Jansen van Rensburg 4 months ago

Wow, thanks Ira. I had tears. Thought I was not on any path..
Kelly Kowalski 4 months ago

Way to put Ira on the map! He is the king of storytelling.
Chief Princess 4 months ago

The perfect message for me right now. I needed to hear this...thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
Nadine O. 4 months ago

What a creative and inspiring piece! Message is clear, keep doing.
Rihards Savickis 4 months ago

that´s so true. only my only issue is money, cause notebooks are already filled with ideas, but can´t make the next step..
Myles Thompson 4 months ago

Very nice work on the graphics - and a really important message to all creative people.
Jason Fonceca 4 months ago

Fantastic. Thank you. And brilliant Kinetic Typography!
Aztech Productions 4 months ago

perfectly stated, I feel everyone in the creative world needs to hear this
edb4music 4 months ago

Thank you for that! I felt soo stuck. Now i know its normal :-)
Brian Cohen 4 months ago

Love it. Inspiring. Thank you for putting a visual emphasis to Mr. Glass' words. Thank you for sharing it. Thank you Mr. Glass for affording us this advice.
Urban Skargren 4 months ago

Thanks, this is encouraging.
Vita Foto Creation 4 months ago

Just what i needed to get the creative juices flowing...
Thanks...
Michelle Pham 3 months ago

Just what my spirits needed. Lingering words, spot-on typography, & galvanizing animation.
Rene Amador 3 months ago

Amazing!
Huda Azzis 3 months ago

Hi David! IRA GLASS ON STORYTELLING has been featured at shortfilmsinbed.tumblr.com
K. Wolf 2 months ago

I always play this when I need to feel inspired.
Thank you. :)
Nelson Nunez 2 months ago

sweet motion graphics! or is it typography? i love TAL and i've seen the original videos of this before. i think you did a great job.
Miguel Wheelock 2 months ago

asdkjhasjhaskjdhas i really really needed to hear that .. thank you so muchh
Disco Punk 2 months ago

This video changed my life - I watch this video whenever I need a boost in inspiration/moral. Thank you so much for posting this.
James Page 2 months ago

How does this apply to people who are creative but have really shitty taste? That aren't aware that what they're doing is shite?
Jankees van den Berg 1 month ago

These people art self called Artist and are waiting for people with money to buy it and who than tell other people its a truly brilliant piece of art ?????? I think the fact that they are willing to wait for the money from people that don't know what to do with there money because they have to much of it and than later on keep telling people some strange unexplainable inspirational story of how there work comes together is an art form of its own :) in my opinion they ARE aware that there work is shitty but they don't give a f*ck because people pay them.
Henri Gander 1 month ago

Wow! That's exactly what we need to hear, wise and absolutely true.
Ida Andersson 1 month ago

So true
Pablo Saldaña 1 month ago

Yeah it is.
Ida Andersson 1 month ago

also listen to his web radio podcasts if you haven't, thisamericanlife.org/
it's just so brilliant.
Ira Glass is top storyteller, 1st place together with Terry Pratchett, imho
Pablo Saldaña 1 month ago

Thanks for this video
Penelope Lentz 1 month ago

Dear David Shiyang Liu,
Thank you for creating and sharing this video interpretation of Ira Glass' commentary. Wow! What he says is soooo true and the way you depicted it is very creative. I love it! Keep up the "work." You're beyond the "stomach ache" stage, as Libby Tolley would say.
Sean Finnegan 3 days ago

Just caught this video on YouTube and had to come over and thank you for making it. It's not only great advice for creatives but it's also a super cool video. Great job! Keep up the good work.
crystalnastya 3 days ago

So good and so true! :D
Pat Kinnee 1 day ago

Awesome. Thanks. Describes my videos/film-making to at T. I know where I want to be, I'm not there yet, and I'm painfully aware of all of the shortcomings/technical flaws....but I learn valuable lessons with every project, and every project is getting me a little closer to where I want to be - just need to keep on keepin' on!!
Onieva 20 hours ago

we become stronger when we see there are more people on the same situation than us.Specialy when it is a hard time-process...
so i want to tell you that you are RIGHT :). Nice words
Show Us Your Clips 18 hours ago

This is fantastic!

Just posted it on showusyourclips.com
Tim Marks 1 hour ago

Love it! Good work, and a super-deserving audio clip. Everyone should hear this message.