Impact of Scar character on a child watching this movie, emotionally attached Simba’s character.
Storytelling is my true passion. Growing up in the 90s, I witnessed the peak of digital storytelling. This era set the standard for presenting stories using colors, lighting, music, and captivating emotions, especially for children. Disney, with its innovative approach to storytelling, influenced me greatly. The release of “The Lion King” in 1994 left a lasting impact on me. The emotional depth of the story, particularly the burden placed on Simba’s young shoulders, was profound. looking back, It made me realize the power of storytelling to children and that certain scenes might been too emotional for them, where I feel that children might can develop certain habits and oppress truth because of blackmailed guilt from an adult.
My passion for storytelling was nurtured by my immigrant parents from South America who worked in the digital manufacturing industry in Europe. My mother brought home videotapes of the latest movies every Friday that could not be sold because of minor errors, while my father, employed by Fujifilm, captured our family’s moments on camera. They instilled in me a love for stories, whether through films or books. My father encouraged me to read and write, often gifting me books on my birthdays. I spent hours in the library, immersing myself in stories.
These early experiences with storytelling fueled my creativity. Even in kindergarten, I would craft stories during creative sessions, illustrating them for the teacher or my mother to transcribe.
One of my many storytelling drawing as child.
As soon as I could write, I filled every available paper with my thoughts, sometimes to the dismay of my parents when important documents were unintentionally used. At the age of 8, my mother gifted me an official creative book that I cherished until my teenage years, when it was discarded due to manipulative religious disapproval of my writing and drawings.
Despite this setback, storytelling remained a constant in my life. I delved into writing lyrical music and poems during my adolescent years, eventually returning to storytelling with fervor. My mom fondly recalls a story I concocted in kindergarten about our house being fire that was so convincing, the teacher believed it to be real sincerely approaching my mom about it. This memory, along with my mom’s preservation of my creative book from kindergarten, serves as a reminder of my storytelling roots.
Today, I continue to weave tales and create stories, writing a book, realizing that storytelling is not just a hobby but a true passion that has shaped my life. The power of storytelling, with its ability to evoke emotions and transport audiences to different worlds, remains my driving force.
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Thank you for sharing your passion with us Molivia. Some suggestions for you would be to use more hyperlinks and put more gif and memes in your post. For example, when you mention Disney and the Lion King, you could hyperlink to a website that summarizes the Lion King just in case someone doesn’t know what that is, and you can hyperlink the Disney website. Regarding gifs and memes, use these forms of media to break away from words. Give the reader something fun to look at before going back to reading. People have 7 second attention spans, so if you just have words, their minds will go somewhere else.
Thank you so much Terell for going through my assignment and giving me your feedback about it, I really appreciate it. I definetly like the suggestion of using more gifs and memes to break away from words. And giving me the tip of the fact check of the 7 sec. attention span. I will definetly try to work on this.
Hey, Molivia!
Great job sharing your passion of storytelling with us in this post. I love that you gave us some history as to where you passion from storytelling came from, I can really sense how much it means to you through this post. One suggestion from me for your post would that you could try adding some hyperlinks! I think hyperlinks is a great way of giving the readers some context, so that they know exactly what you are talking about. Additional use of imagery is always appreciated, of course. 😀
Hi Rehaana! I really appreciate your feedback. omg yes yes omg the hyperlinks i forgot and greatfull for you reminding me, i will definetly make a note about this to not forget for my next posts. I appreciate your time going through my story and giving me tips to help me improve my post.
Great work on this!
I love the reflection to your childhood and how your parents shaped your passions and awareness that storytelling is powerful form of expression! As the reader, I connected to the tone of your excitement.
It would be super helpful to add a few more pieces of media to illustrate your written sentiments. I love the drawing too!
When I was in college, my roommate was a huge lion king fan and watched the animated movie to fall asleep to, every night!
Thank you!
Thank you Professor for your feedback, i will include more pieces of media next time to illustrate upcoming writing assignment. Yes lion King movie is one of those animated movies that is part of alot of childhoods memories :D! I will definitely folow up with your the suggestions you gave me for my next posts.
Wonderful, thank you!
Your post was amazing Molivia! The Lion King is also one of my favorites of all time and proves how impactful children’s stories can be if told right! I also really loved hearing about your personal experiences and it was very nice of you to include the actual drawings that you have made! Nice touch to the post. Great job!