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“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality” Lewis Carroll

To the kind attention of Mr. Mark Zuckerberg

Help winning the war and defeating Covid-19 pandemic, I am kindly suggesting that Facebook creates a platform that facilitates the communication process between writers, producers, actors, directors, film makers and story tellers from all around the world Parasite South Korean won a leading four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film Many stories worldwide are struggling to be heard, but it’s very hard to reach Hollywood from outside USA. If stories from all over the world are made in Hollywood this will bring us closer and closer, we will understand each other better as humans living in different countries. Facebook will spread the concept of storytelling for humanity With a slogan: Entertainment future is online; Tell the world your story :) Normal people can tell their life stories and enter the Film industry Platform that provides advice, services and technological tools that help makers of seventh art and entertainment. Through an open process of submitting scenarios, ideas, projects and entertainment TV programs to the site A specialized team will review and evaluate these works and then communicate them to producers and directors A section on the site for an aspiring actor looking for auditions and a director who is looking for new faces. Thanks to technology, actors will now have an abundance of resources on the Internet to find ideas, scenarios, representation opportunities, performance experiences, new faces and opportunity to reach key production companies This includes the ability to download albums, photos, past work, performance snapshots, and roles required in film or television work. Site users create or join script writing workshops, representation workshops, and communicate with other members of the network. This is as a preliminary stage, then the site becomes a TV and movie production distributor specializing in television series development, film distribution, production and presentation. On-line Gate to Film Making In-home Film making time Quarantine drama is taking over every aspect of our lives Let people take over quarantine drama Let people submit an entire film taken in home Film may be less than 3 minutes or more than 90 minutes

Stories make us care about members of our tribe.

A few years ago, scientists asked a bunch of people to watch a James Bond movie while wearing a medley of gadgets tracking their brain activity, heart rate, and perspiration levels. When the film’s hero found himself in a jam, their hearts began racing and their hands became clammy. That was expected. But the scientists also noticed something else. Whenever Bond was in danger, viewers’ brains began synthesizing a neurochemical called oxytocin – a kind of “empathy drug.” Oxytocin tells us that we should care about someone. This is an old evolutionary reflex. In prehistoric times, this neurochemical helped our ancestors work out if a figure in the distance was a friend, or a foe who might just steal their mammoth steaks. In other words, oxytocin allowed humans to identify members of their tribe.
The key message here is: Stories make us care about members of our tribe. So why do our brains start synthesizing oxytocin when we watch James Bond attempting to thwart a dastardly global conspiracy? Well, we see him as one of our own. This is then reinforced by the story being told. The more we watch, the better we get to know Bond, which makes us care more about his fate. That, in turn, keeps us watching. When you look at it in this context, stories help generate empathy. This insight isn’t just about cinema, though. Consider politics. In 1963, thousands of Americans from different backgrounds congregated in Washington, D.C. They took to the streets after hearing stories about people like Rosa Parks, whose experience captured the injustice of segregation. These stories changed the way folks thought about their fellow citizens and made them care enough to fight for their civil rights. The same principle holds in business. In the late 2000s, the Ford Motor Company was struggling. Consumers regarded its once iconic, all-American automobiles as shoddy also-rans compared to the latest Asian imports. The only way Ford could turn things around was to tell a story. Ford made a film that began by admitting the company had screwed up – its cars weren’t what they had once been. The documentary then introduced viewers to the folks designing and building the next generation of improved automobiles in Ford factories across the United States. These were people anyone might know – they could be your neighbors or family members. In short, they were part of the viewers’ tribe. It was the first step in Ford’s long journey back into Americans’ hearts.

Stories have a unique power to change our view of the world.

When we think of propaganda, we may recall posters calling for war recruitment or movies that show political rivals as enemies. But in a sense, most stories, from children’s books to bestselling thrillers, are a form of propaganda. They teach us lessons about the right ways to behave, and contain warnings for what happens when we don’t. Stories teach us lessons about ways to gain and secure our status as individuals. This is most easily recognized in religious texts and childhood stories. For example, in the children’s book Mr. Nosey, a nosy character is repeatedly punished for his nosy behavior, until he stops and is welcomed back into the community.
What about when not just our individual status, but the status of our groups feels threatened? We resort to stories to tap into the primal urge to maintain it. The infamous 1915 film The Birth of a Nation spread vicious ideas about the threat that black Americans posed to the so-called white race. This insidious message resulted in many joining the Ku Klux Klan and increased the violence and hatred already experienced by black people. On the other hand, stories can also give us the ability to empathize with characters by “transporting” us into their brains. If you’ve ever missed your stop on the bus because you were completely engrossed in a story, you’ve experienced what psychologists call “transportation.” Research shows that when we are in this state, our attitudes and beliefs are more susceptible to change. For example, in the United States, autobiographical stories by former slaves, such as The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, helped change white attitudes about slavery. Finally, stories act as a type of play, allowing us to experience changes in control in a safe environment. For example, the novel The Secret History explores how a tight-knit group of college students is affected by the murder of their classmate, in which they are directly implicated. We see how they lose control of their environments, ruining their previously close relationship with a beloved teacher, turning to alcohol, and falling into depression. We see the consequences of these losses in control—the direct result of keeping a dark secret—without having to experience this loss in control for ourselves. The power of stories lies in these experiences of losing one’s self. They become a journey in discovering things about ourselves, each other, and the world that we share.

Stories shape our beliefs and behavior.

It’s said that good books can change your life. Even better, good stories can change nations! Stories have the power to provide identity and meaning to entire societies. They supply them with defining values, and thus serve as the glue that holds social lives together. But how do stories accomplish this? It all comes down to their good guy versus bad guy structure. Typically, stories feature a good guy, whose honesty and worth we will respect. Then there’s a bad guy, who stands in opposition and whom we condemn. This structure spells out clear ideas of what is “good” and what is “bad,” and can do so in ways that turn pre-existing social rules on their heads, which means that stories can be used to change the way people live. Take the 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, for example. In this book, the slave Uncle Tom is the good guy, and the slave owners – quite rightly – are the bad guys. By learning about the cruel consequences of slavery, readers came to sympathize with Uncle Tom and condemn the behavior of the white slaveholders. Some people even say that this book caused such a huge shift in public opinion that it started the Civil War. Stories do a lot more than just tell us what is good and what is evil. In fact, fiction can have a major effect on our deepest morals and beliefs. The emotions conveyed in stories are contagious, and the more engaged we are when we consume a story, the more it affects our beliefs. For example, one study found that people who read a story about premarital sex going wrong were more likely to disapprove of the practice. Believe it or not, stories have an even greater influence on our thoughts and behavior than rational arguments. Consider, for example, that white viewers who watched the Bill Cosby Show developed a more positive attitude toward black people. By contrast, scientific facts and figures that contradict negative stereotypes about the black community wouldn’t have had nearly the same effect.

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