Shape stories that work

Working with John Yorke and his team was a start-to-finish great experience. They were incredibly collaborative and made sure the entire story course experience was tailored to our goals. Building it for us from the ground up. The sessions with John were informative, dynamic, and entertaining, not something typically found within the story structure educational experience. We’ve taken the lessons to heart and immediately looked to apply them to our own projects, from the script stage all the way through production. The impact has been immediate, and I’m confident the lessons will continue to shape how we think about story long term.

John and Susannah made time to understand our team’s needs, and it really paid off. John’s session got the room fizzing with creative energy. Colleagues who do not usually work together felt free to share ideas and to try out new approaches to storytelling. We left feeling inspired, with the tools, techniques, and confidence to apply what we learned in our daily work.

“I wanted to say how brilliant the course was. It really transformed the way we discuss ideas. For my team it was a real step change, giving them a shared vocabulary and improving everyone’s ability to feedback on each other’s work in a positive collaborative way.”

“The fact that the JYS team wanted to find out more about our requirements in order to ensure that we received the most appropriate [professional training] was greatly appreciated. It was great to get options on the practical task…and it was a perfect fit.”

“John is one of those rare speakers who has deep expertise but wears it lightly. He held our audience spellbound with great insight and superb examples, delivered with a mixture of intelligence and humour that was exactly what our event needed.”

“Story lies at the heart of everything we do at the NFTS. John’s witty, wide ranging and informative talks, tailored to our students’ needs, are unmissable events in our Screen Arts calendar.”

“John ran a session for the Channel4 Cutting Edge Directors’ scheme. It was fascinating, and he used an extraordinarily broad range of cultural references in a brilliantly accessible way. We would jump at the chance of working with him again.”