Improve Your Storytelling Skills By Mastering The Art Of Listening

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • Many subscribers have asked how I get successful interviews, why the interview subject responds to me with personal and emotional stories? This is the technique that I use, it requires active listening, which I define in this video.
    This is the second of what will hopefully be many responses to questions and comments. I will be answering specific questions in videos to follow. Thank you all for your encouragement and if you are not a subscriber, please subscribe. And if so inclined, please support my efforts via my Patreon page. - / allinaday and Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/alli... #interviews #davidhoffman #docu smentaryproduction

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  • @alexhippie2
    @alexhippie2 6 дней назад +24

    My heart smiles whenever I get to hear David talk

    • @insomniacfirehorse6425
      @insomniacfirehorse6425 6 дней назад +1

      Same here, when i started following him long before pandemic, i always think that hes so underrated and wishing that more and more people discover this channel.

  • @SherryHill-k5y
    @SherryHill-k5y 6 дней назад +14

    Someone with an artist's soul, such as you, has an innate desire to leave a legacy. Yours is in your documentaries that will be forever etched in our minds. On my part as well as yours, listening is the most important thing when someone is speaking to you. Too many don't listen but interject their own thoughts which is a bad idea. You come away learning nothing. I can relate as being a teacher required listening to my students and not talking all day long. Too many teachers do just that. And of story telling, it's a way of connecting to others-- you either get their attention or not but it's all in how you relate to the listener. Love the way you question to draw people out of their so-called shells. Everyone has a story to tell if you ask and listen. And you listen! Kudos David. I am in awe of you. ❤

  • @joanneentwistle7653
    @joanneentwistle7653 6 дней назад +4

    I love your compassionate, unbiased, and thought provoking interviews. I think that we have to listen in all aspects of our life to get an accurate understanding of the situation at hand. Especially these days, one of the downsides of social media is that we get short, one-sided opinions without any in depth explanations; and many all too often leap to conclusions.

  • @TrustMe55
    @TrustMe55 6 дней назад +5

    Love the photograph of you with the statue of the head with the bird on it!

  • @drewpall2598
    @drewpall2598 6 дней назад +14

    This is very informative. I like the way you speak to us how you convey what you mean. You're not only an excellent filmmaker, cameraman, and interviewer you're an excellent teacher in your field as a filmmaker. Thank you, David Hoffman.😊🧡✌

  • @MGMG-lc2fe
    @MGMG-lc2fe 6 дней назад +7

    Listening with an unbiased mind is a skill we should focus on as a people. Your interviews are top notch, and your eye is unmistakably gifted. Thank you Mr. Hoffman ✨

    • @drewpall2598
      @drewpall2598 6 дней назад +2

      @MGMG-lc2fe... 😉👍🧡

  • @fernalicious
    @fernalicious 6 дней назад +5

    Stay strong! Keep inspiring!

  • @badddkattt
    @badddkattt 6 дней назад +4

    “One video a day. Forever.”

  • @Rollthered
    @Rollthered 6 дней назад +7

    I am currently making a Documentary about online communities and how beautiful connection can be.
    Thank you David for making this talk. It is reassuring to know that I am on the right track.

    • @JWF99
      @JWF99 6 дней назад +4

      I think that is an excellent idea! Good luck to you with the documentary✌

    • @Rollthered
      @Rollthered 6 дней назад +2

      @@JWF99 Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!

  • @JWF99
    @JWF99 6 дней назад +9

    This has been some of the most valuable and appreciated information I've ever acquired, thank you for sharing, you're simply the best David! ❤✌

    • @drewpall2598
      @drewpall2598 6 дней назад +2

      @JWF99... I agree with what you said here on all accounts my friend. 😊👍

    • @JWF99
      @JWF99 6 дней назад +2

      @@drewpall2598 Yes sir, thank ya Drew! ☺👍

  • @ZeroOskul
    @ZeroOskul 6 дней назад +3

    There is a great Werner Herzog clip where he talks about getting to the heart of an interview with a death row chaplain.
    The chaplain talked about human duty and god's will... and squirrels.
    So Herzog, absolutely not personally interested in squirrels, asked about the chaplain's view of squirrels.
    The chaplain broke down crying about potentially harming a squirrel, comparing them to the inmates whose deaths he could not forefend.
    Herzog could never have imagined the statement about squirrels or what it could lead to or how important it really was to that chaplain, and he could not have guessed his audience might care about the chaplain's opinion about squirrels, but something about his dialog made Herzog have to ask about the squirrels.

  • @axelurbanski2828
    @axelurbanski2828 6 дней назад +2

    Hello David most professionals lost the independet view. As a example my musican freinds hear other music with a analytic brain.
    So they ask me how did i find it, what i hear and feel. I am not a musican only a Blues fan.
    That is the reasion, while i found you. Yes in Germany you find real big Blues fans and clubs.
    I love your work and will send you a picture taken by my Grandpa ..
    Thx for your work .. best wishes

  • @riverbender9898
    @riverbender9898 6 дней назад +1

    Brilliant techniques David. Listening is becoming a rare trait.

  • @Mercy-v9e6m
    @Mercy-v9e6m 6 дней назад +1

    Like hearing what you went thru to get some folks to 'talk'. It doesn't come easy for everyone!❤

  • @glennalmayer6563
    @glennalmayer6563 6 дней назад +6

    I love this advice. I have been wondering how to make a story interesting as I tell it to my daughter who is occasionally interviewing me online for posterity. I sent her the link as well. Thanks.

  • @jamesmccarthy5086
    @jamesmccarthy5086 6 дней назад +1

    Thanks for sharing this! Today I had helped someone move some wood, and when we were done, I just sat and listened to the other guys talking. I always enjoy doing that. It may not be anything important, but it’s nice, but I don’t know if it’ll help my story telling skills, like talking. But I do enjoy typing stories, like recently I made a post about an old steamer named George M. Humphrey that sank and was raised and sailed for 40 more years! (I’d share it, but the links never send for some reason!) With creativity, however, I think I’m good at that. Currently I’m reading a book about WWI by Peter Hart, and he mentions the Mesopotamia Campaign, and how the British advanced without consolidating their supply lines. McClellan usually is criticized for doing that, but had he not, he probably would’ve failed just like the British did!

  • @debbiebalnaves4842
    @debbiebalnaves4842 6 дней назад +1

    Your speech has improved so much 😊
    It's good to hear .

  • @janetlynn3397
    @janetlynn3397 6 дней назад +4

    Thank you ⚘️

  • @jorgwellmann814
    @jorgwellmann814 6 дней назад +4

    It‘s always fascinating listening to you. There is so much to learn from you. Thanks a lot 👍

  • @ctheflower7818
    @ctheflower7818 6 дней назад +1

    Story Telling and Story Listening Wisdom 😊

  • @lovelana3595
    @lovelana3595 6 дней назад +2

    Excellent David!

  • @NiinaSKlove
    @NiinaSKlove 6 дней назад +1

    Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @RavenNl403
    @RavenNl403 6 дней назад +4

    Love this David ❤

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 6 дней назад +3

    You wake me up.

  • @InkaPley
    @InkaPley 3 дня назад

    Hello, David. Hope you are doing well and getting stronger daily at home. I am so very happy for each video you upload, whether new or repost, all of your stories and documentaries always make me think and make me wonder and make me grateful to be here today being able to view the past and learn and apply that to my life.
    Your biggest fan in Fort Wayne,Indiana :)
    -Inna L

  • @diannhall7564
    @diannhall7564 6 дней назад +1

    We thank you.

  • @libertytreebud5406
    @libertytreebud5406 6 дней назад +4

    Thanks, 👍

  • @vegasrichsave
    @vegasrichsave 5 дней назад

    Courage is important in video and Life! Thank you David Hoffman filmmaker

  • @mahalosailing
    @mahalosailing 6 дней назад

    Courage and creativity!! Love you for shining the light on story

  • @sistergoldenhair2231
    @sistergoldenhair2231 6 дней назад

    Inspiring me David. I occasionally do a youtube video about a beautiful area I visit but never try to engage people in the videos. Now I have idea's forming. Thank you.❤😊

  • @davidnmfarrell
    @davidnmfarrell 6 дней назад

    David you give us so much, thank you. I'm going to try it

  • @JR-zm2yu
    @JR-zm2yu 6 дней назад

    @David Hoffman Filmmaker Great vid indeed! I listened to the 2 commercials in their entirety afterwards - I hope it helps you moneywise! God Bless you with good health! 💜❤️🙌🙏

  • @HaleBoppBornedAndBreadWinnings
    @HaleBoppBornedAndBreadWinnings 6 дней назад +4

    ❤❤❤

  • @charlesmckinley29
    @charlesmckinley29 6 дней назад +1

    Well, it was nice. 🤣😂🤣

  • @gracelandone
    @gracelandone 6 дней назад

    Nothing has changed in thousands of years. People in the light, whether projector light, theatrical light or firelight, telling stories to people sitting in the dark. Stories of the human experience, wisdom to be shared about the human condition. It’s a fundamental currency that cannot be devalued.

  • @adambassador7727
    @adambassador7727 4 дня назад

    Excellent commentary and insightful! Also, quite inspiring. Thank you!

  • @Barton.d
    @Barton.d 5 дней назад

    Sometimes the journey,IS the destination

  • @daviddelossantos6075
    @daviddelossantos6075 6 дней назад

    This is great. Thank you

  • @paulhusbands
    @paulhusbands 6 дней назад

    Great stuff!

  • @daviddelossantos6075
    @daviddelossantos6075 6 дней назад

    Good men plant trees knowing they’ll never rest in the comfort of their shade. 😊

  • @selmakonieczny3981
    @selmakonieczny3981 6 дней назад +2

    🎤💕

  • @TheCowboylogic
    @TheCowboylogic 6 дней назад

    We have one mouth and two ears.
    Use them proportionately.

  • @SwanSong1234
    @SwanSong1234 6 дней назад +1

    Thanks you David great advice. 💛🕊️🦢