All these years later and this is a speech that truly stands the test of time ... Great job Paul!

All about rhetoric: pathos (emotion), logos (reason), ethos (character). Thanks Aristotle.

I came to watch this video thinking that it would be a completely different kind of talk... I must be honest: the talk moved me to tears and absolutely hit the mark! Depending on the perspective you give to a story, it can be a very different story! We are tough to love certain things and hate others, we are indoctrinated on what is right and what is wrong... sometimes all it takes is an image, a small clip to change our vision of something we found fearful before, for ever! I will never get that shark out of my mind... for the right reasons! THANK YOU for this talk!

Everything seems to come from emotion first, and reason is the foundation and structure we give those emotions. It's as if reason is just there to categorize and manage a vast language of emotion. Even the search for reason, for knowledge, is precipitated by the feeling of a lack of knowing and a desire to know.

@LeeMilby

5 жыл бұрын

Very insightful. I think you're right

As an artist I wonder often what approach to take in my paintings, drawings and abstract videos to try to make people realise that if we do not mend our ways we are going to loose our planet as we do know it now. Being a visual contemporary artist, it is cool to be cool, and being cool often means staying away from narrative approaches, being weary of being sentimental, being afraid of showing what we really care about. Well timeless art was never afraid of showing feelings, of caring with passion, of embodying a point of view. Think Guernica. There Picasso made not only a point but a formal statement so powerful that enthrals us often to the point we want to know more about an obscure fact in a forgotten past war. Yet that fact is both timeless and contemporary and looking at Guernica helps us to understand what happens today, every day in too many parts of the world. Thank you Mr. Atkin for making clear that if we want to convince people of what is the real threat to humanity we need with our art to speak to their heart.

@scarlet8078

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Micha, that was a well-stated comment. I agree contemporary art exalts coolness, which usually means carelessness (or appearance of carelessness), which means any overt message is decidedly uncool. Ironically, this thinking is really limited to the art community. It does not extend to the buyers of art or the population as a whole. By measure of scale, the most influential artistry of our time is coming from Disney's films and major video games. In these mediums they share very overt messages and impact many people. So I think you should tell your stories and share messages in your art in the way that best pleases YOU. All timeless art is done to please the artist himself/ herself. That also ensures that what you do is 100% authentic, meaningful, and uniquely yours.

Incredible! Well said Paul! You're a wonderful speaker. Thank you for speaking up for sharks. Very educational, inspirational, and honorable.

Empathy for the Great White Shark . Indeed we are cruel to animals.

Truly - one of THE BEST SPEECHES that I have EVER HEARD! Bravo! Love your approach! Thanks so much for voicing your HEART!

We make decisions emotionally and then we explain to ourselves rationally and we believe the decision was rational, made with the head but ... it wasn't. Emotion sells much better than cold data and reasoning. This is perhaps why people cheat, steal etc etc We are highly emotional beings. The heart comes first. We love against all reason too. We are not as rational as we think we are.

I felt chocked seeing the amount of nets discarded in sea.

Sharks one of my two favorite animals in the world, this video made me bawl my eyes out, thank you for showing this!!! It NEEDED to be seen!

The best speech I ever heard

What's with all the comments about an incorrect title??? The title fits perfectly with the content of the talk. He's talking about cinematographic storytelling and how if you incorporate the head vs the heart methodology into it, you can make a difference. What's misleading about it? Edit: the only thing wrong with this is the youtube's algorithm which suggests this if you watch a lot of writing tips videos

VERY good speech. Very GOOD F'ing speech. The journey and the balance between emotional and factual drove the point home perfectly. Thank you sir.

Thank you for such a wonderful talk

Wow!!!!! Thank you so much!!!! So true! So eye opening!This is so powerful!!

Wow. Wow. Wow.

I think Jaws is to be blamed for stereotyping sharks lol

Great amazing soul full truth. Thank you, bless you . All your dreams come true.

THE BEST SPEECH

Very well said

Respect!

Trust me you have to watch the last few minutes

This is a good video. ےان گار طئدعہ۔ moo.

Good story 👍

uuuaaauuu yes, you planted a seed on a fertil ground :) tahnks for the talk :)

I dont want to kill his passion but he should watch carlin's stand up, save the planet

World is a whole island in trouble.....well said

I'm ashamed of how we treat animals...

IF YOU CLose your eyes, you can see Alan Rickman speaking with american accent!

Your message needs to be heard and understood by the masses. I must say, your message hit home watching the last video clip of the defenseless shark.. That video, as repulsive as it is, makes your point.

this is so not why i clicked on this video

@gumballsrelative9197

7 жыл бұрын

Sexy Beast I understand, It was not what you've expected, however,to me; his lecture was masterfully thought out, he awed me with his essential crystallization of storytelling through his personal interests and hobbies. Simply brilliant.

@sexybeast7728

7 жыл бұрын

Naah, hasn't done much for me.

@gumballsrelative9197

7 жыл бұрын

Sexy Beast Well, agree to disagree, thanks for the reply.

Simple solution: people will admire the great white shark if they are taught to admire authority, hierarchy, aggression, strength, honorable violence, and dominance.

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Can't knock the guy's passion but I came here looking for a talk about storytelling, as in writing craft, not to be lectured.

@christopherjensen6686

6 жыл бұрын

effingasshats no kidding. This video needs a title change.

@aSHOTofSCOTT

5 жыл бұрын

I came here looking for creative writing instruction too, but it proved to be better than any other writing craft video I could find. The way he delivered this speech, preparing the facts and important details with emotional development is one of the most effective writing techniques I've ever heard and taken to heart. It's not just about sharks and dolphins, but its about the way he told the stories of sharks and dolphins. He exemplified how to most effectively educate and inspire through story.

@strangescribe1

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, This should be titled toward Environmental concern. KZread even put it in the list of writing videos!

That was a powerful talk. However, there should definitely be a trigger warning for disturbing imagery. Some people feel these things deeply and having that sprung up suddenly takes time and effort to recover from. If you're sensitive like me, make sure you have time planned to regroup afterward. It's not cool to think you can pop this into your schedule for 24 minutes, and then be left in a mood that's inappropriate for the next thing on your daily schedule.

How many of these TEDx Talks have misleading titles? This is almost clickbait.

@cherokeehernandez9748

6 жыл бұрын

Cary Abbott but it wasnt he did deliver on stoty telling he just extrapolated with his advocacy .no problem there

ocean's top predator is ...man...NOT sharks

Endangered species capital of the world: wouldn't that be Brazil? People need to stop worrying about their own country and start worrying about the loss of the Rain Forests of South America.

Yeah no. This talk was basically false advertising. If I wanted an environmentalist preaching I would have looked for that.

Talks about the importance of storytelling in reaching humans.... Then proceeds to lecture nothing but facts.

Clickbait on steroids lol. A good story, but quite a misleading title...also some of the statistics are not completely accurate when you go research them and dig deeper. However it is a good story about environmental awareness, and the title should have included that.

@v4nzz950

6 жыл бұрын

i mean, i wouldn't say clickbait, but it's something like that. don't know about the statistics' accuracy but still. like, great speech and all that but i originally came here for cinematic storytelling and ended up with a talk about sharks. yeah, he may speak a bit about it but there's a lot more sharks that one might imagine and i just don't know why that isn't in the tittle

@c.augustin

6 жыл бұрын

Well, it *is* a lesson in storytelling, even the title. He actually does 2 jobs in 1 talk - giving us this lesson *and* making us aware of some nature problems. Not even that - it is 2 lessons in one: Not only how storytelling works, but also how we can be manipulated through our limbic system. I don't care about the title being (only slightly) misleading, the content works just fine (and clickbait does the opposite - it tries to make us click for content that is not worth our attention).

@v4nzz950

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, i know. i did like the speech as a whole, including the sharks issues and how the popular media has and will keep playing a role in it. my issue it's just that when i read a title like "Cinematic Storytelling- The Heart vs. The Head" i don't expect *any* of it to be about sharks, so when a considerate amount of the speech touches this subject, one might feel it a bit misleading. i understand that the tittle won't have the same feeling if sharks were somehow in it, but i'll probably be even better for the video? since i think sharks is a more searched term than storytelling and it might bring a bigger audience? no sources to back that up so who knows, i might be wrong. still, you're right that it's really just an insignificant issue, the speech it's still really interesting besides the tittle issue

Is this talk about storytelling or environmental issues? Thumbs down for deceptive title.

I clicked off this video the first 5 minutes. Didn't engage me after the title did.

about 10 mins in the vid and already lost.

Ok, so before this I didn't have much of an opinion on sharks. I wasn't for or against them. Now, thanks to being click-baited into a shark talk by a misleading title, now I hate sharks and shark enthusiasts. Well done TED.

Lost me with the global warming statement. Politics is losing in so many arenas. Sports in particular and also when interjected into otherwise believable causes.