Directing Creativity: The Art of Innovation

by Alan Williams

Overview

Directing Creativity: The Art of Innovation is a practical guide to unlock creativity and drive innovation. Award-winning Hollywood film composer Alan Williams demystifies the creative process in practical, accessible terms that are applicable to every innovative passion.

I am a composer. I write music for films. My job? Breathe emotional life into the characters and enhance the audience's connection to the story through a musical score. Where does the music come from? How does any idea become a reality?

For any form of composition, invention or innovation, creativity is the catalyst! Creativity is simply the mental process of generating new ideas or concepts. Any idea, process, solution, invention or product IS the result of creativity. For most creators and innovators, the steps to create and innovate have become intuitive. Directing Creativity: The Art of Innovation unveils the steps that innovators use to create.

Applicable to all professions, industries and disciplines, the simple steps outlined in Directing Creativity: The Art of Innovation will spark creativity, fuel innovation and yield measurable results.

As you learn to direct creativity in your personal and professional life, you will discover that you too are an artist, an innovator, and an inventor. Directing Creativity: The Art of Innovation will help guide you through the creative process as you learn the key steps of innovation and systematically move from idea to creation, from concept to product, from your deepest dreams to your magnificent reality!

Learn to direct your creativity and you can predict the future by inventing it!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780986322570
Publisher:	Silverscreen Consulting
Publication date:	10/15/2018
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Alan Williams is a multiple award-winning Hollywood film and television composer of more than 100 films, including the Academy Award nominated IMAX film Amazon. Randall Larson from Soundtrack Magazine wrote, "Alan Williams film and television scores provide a fluidity of melody and enough varied nuances of texture and style to make his work defy categorization." As a speaker, Alan has traveled the world teaching creativity and innovation before world leaders and business titans in more than 30 countries. He continues to reach wide global audiences through his TEDx talk "Creativity: The Power to Trend" along with his highly engaging seminars, training and keynotes from his consulting firm, Silverscreen Consulting.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 PITCH BLACK

The Blank Page

Chapter 2 ONCE UPON A TIME

The Art of Possibility

Chapter 3 BEHIND THE SCENES

The Creative Partner

Chapter 4 EIGHTY-EIGHT KEYS

The Sketch

Chapter 5 TUTTI

The Full Score

Chapter 6 EDITING ROOM

The Lift Off

Chapter 7 RED CARPET

The Summit

Chapter 8 DIRECTING CREATIVITY

The Tactics

Chapter 9 CONDUCTING CREATIVITY

The Symphony

Chapter 10 THAT'S A WRAP!

The Art of Innovation

Editorial Reviews

“Write the book on Creativity and keep adding value to others!”

• John C. Maxwell, New York Times best-selling author and leadership expert

“In Directing Creativity: The Art of Innovation, Alan has managed to demystify the process in practical, accessible terms that are applicable to every innovative passion.”

• Kieth Merrill, Academy Award winning producer, director, screenwriter and author

“Alan Williams articulates simply and beautifully the mysterious process of creation, and in doing so argues convincingly that anyone and everyone can create by committing fearlessly to a few simple steps.”

• Sterling Van Wagenen, Co-founder, The Sundance Film Festival, and award winning film producer

“To have innovation, you have to be creative. This book shows how to start with a blank page and fill it with success.”

• Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chairman & CEO, C-Suite Network, TV & Radio Host, Speaker, Author and Part-Time Cowboy

“Directing Creativity empowers others to share in the creative vision, which by doing so makes any outcome even better.”

• Shep Hyken, CSP, CPAE, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author

“If you seek to take your creative strategies and perspective to the next level, this book contains the clear process and inspiration you are looking for.”

• Mark Sanborn CSP, CPAE, New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of The Fred Factor and The Potential Principle

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