Zoom in, zoom out
Updated August 29, 2018
Smaller story arcs can be composed into larger ones, or woven together.
Try this: zoom into a small story arc about one or two people. Then zoom out to a larger related story arc. Then zoom back in.
This works well when trying to communicate a massive change that is happening in the world. We need to see the mass movement, but anchor on the meaning at human scale.