Scripting Your Own Reality | Michele Barnwell | TEDxUStreetWomen

Описание: Whose story/life are you living? Is it the one you chose for yourself or the one someone else “cast” you into? In this revealing talk, Michele Barnwell— a nonfiction content producer for series airing/streaming on Netflix, HBO, the CW, BET and more —takes a dual look at her professional journey and a personal story (surrounding her college admissions) that she has never shared publicly before. With early experience working as a producer on some of the highest rated cycles of the reality series America’s Next Top Model, Michele Barnwell embraced a form of story craft that she had no previous knowledge of— episodic “unscripted” story. The series was a social experiment which brought together a small group of women with different socio-cultural, economic, racial, religious or other differences in competition for a real-life top prize. The experience for Michele gave way to a fascinating new landscape of potential for how to connect audiences with the unfolding stories of real people. She has since spent over a decade producing unscripted television for many distributors (Netflix, the CW, Lifetime, BET, HBO and more), and her interest in story craft has expanded. In 2016 Michele took a break from being a producer-for-hire to create and independently produce the politics-themed web series Party Girls: Exploring Politics Across America. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx