
If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video animated piece or video game You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music Understanding visual structure means that you can communicate moods & emotions & most importantly reveals the critical relationship between story structure & visual structure The Visual Story offers a clear view of the relationship between the storyscript structure & the visual structure of a film video or multimedia work An understanding of the visual components will serve as the guide to strengthening the overall story The Visual Story divides what is seen on screen into tangible sections contrast & affinity space line & shape tone color movement & rhythm The vocabulary as well as the insight is provided to purposefully control the given components to create the ultimate visual story For example know that a saturated yellow will always attract a viewer's eye first; decide to avoid abrupt editing by mastering continuum of movement; & benefit from the suggested list of films to study rhythmic control The Visual Story shatters the wall between theory & practice bringing these two aspects of the craft together in an essential connection for all those creating visual stories Bruce Block has the production credentials to write this definitive guide His expertise is in demand & he gives seminars at the American Film Institute PIXAR Studios Walt Disney Feature & Television Animation Dreamworks Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studios Industrial Light & Magic & a variety of film schools in Europe The concepts in this book will benefit writers directors photographers production designers art directors & editors who are always confronted by the same visual problems that have faced every picture maker in the past present & future