Fundamentals of Storytelling [digitalmedia]

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Fundamentals of Storytelling

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Steven D. Katz, Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing From Concept to Screen, 1991

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How does an image talk?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbkRApq9qY

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How does an image talk?

http://www.astropix.com/SPORTSPIX/OTHER/BAGGIO.JPG

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FHNW HGK MA VisCom Safak Korkut Mid-term Presentation Defining an Individual Project 23.11.2010

Ercole de Roberti, Israelites Gathering Manna, probably 1490sNicolas Poussin, Hebrews Gathering Manna, 1639Ercole de Roberti, Israelites Gathering Manna, probably 1490s

Nicolas Poussin, Hebrews Gathering Manna, 1639

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Ercole de Roberti, Israelites Gathering Manna, probably 1490sNicolas Poussin, Hebrews Gathering Manna, 1639

Ercole de Roberti, Israelites Gathering Manna, probably 1490s

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Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatk / Institut Visuelle Kommunikation – Safak Korkut 04.03.2014 8Nicolas Poussin, Hebrews Gathering Manna, 1639

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Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatk / Institut Visuelle Kommunikation – Safak Korkut 04.03.2014 9Nicolas Poussin, Hebrews Gathering Manna, 1639

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Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatk / Institut Visuelle Kommunikation – Safak Korkut 04.03.2014 10Peter Bruegel, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, ca. 1558

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Cinematic Storytelling

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUZCPPGeJ1c

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http://youtu.be/NG0V7EVFZt4?t=5m46s

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Bonus Assignment (no.5)

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Make your own Kuleshov effect and post it to

the blog.

Be original!

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Macro-Storytelling

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Non-linear narrative:

‘Disjoint’ or ‘disrupted’ narrative used in literature, films, hypertext websites, video games and other types of narratives where events are portrayed out of chronological order. Often used to mimic the structure and recall memory.

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Raymond Queneau, One Hundred Thousand Billion Poems, 1961

Paul Braffort and François Le Lionnais, from the 79th meeting of Oulipo

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Raymond Queneau, One Hundred Thousand Billion Poems, 1961 Paul Braffort and François Le Lionnais, from the 79th meeting of Oulipo

Macro-Storytelling

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Quentin Tarantino. Pulp Fiction, 1994




Macro-Storytelling

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Eric Bress. Butterfly Effect, 2004FHNW HGK MA VisCom Safak Korkut Mid-term Presentation Defining an Individual Project 23.11.2010

Eric Bress. Butterfly Effect, 2004

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Eric Bress. Butterfly Effect, 2004

Macro-Storytelling

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“... In the control of the flow of the information,

we are often teased by a riddle that requires us

to guess the next piece of information to be

revealed.”

Roland Barthes, S/Z, 1970

Macro-Storytelling

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John Stanmeyer, Djibouti, 2014

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Kees van de Veen, Arts Track, 2010

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3QrhdfLCO8

SOMETIMES STORY TELLS ITSELF

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MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruav0KvQOOg

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CONTENT IS THE KING

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https://vimeo.com/70410780

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HAVING A CAMERA DOESNT MAKE A VIDEO

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YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A CAMERA TO MAKE A VIDEO

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YIgLZJNdGA

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http://www.fastcocreate.com/3017108/you-need-to-see-this-17-minute-film-set-entirely-on-a-teens-computer-screen

YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A CAMERA TO MAKE A VIDEO

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http://www.fastcocreate.com/embed/52f396259f73d

http://www.fastcocreate.com/embed/52f396259f73d




Future of Storytelling

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Transmedial storytelling

- the audience are the makers

- the audience has its audience.

- prosumer = producer + consumer

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http://ea1.co/

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http://doctorwho.tumblr.com/post/68215441488/how-big-was-doctor-who-on-tumblr-on-saturday







http://ea1.co/

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http://hollowdocumentary.com/

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/labs/i/hazardoushospitals/

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Tell me and i will forget

Show me and i may remember

Involve me and i will understand”

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http://wakeapp.com/n/en/

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Storyboards

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Storyboards

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EYE

Word Diagram Image

ConcreteAbstract

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Storyboards

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http://cinearchive.org/post/59435829101/masterclass-movie-storyboarding-with-coen

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Storyboards

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A storyboard is a visual representation of a

sequence of shots. It should include the

following information:

Shot typeLocationScreen ActionCamera MovementLightingSoundVideo EffectsShot DurationShot NumberTransitions

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http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/jurassic-park-storyboard-by-david-lowery.jpg

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Storyboards

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George Roy Hill, The Great Waldo Pepper, 1975

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Storyboards

http://www.trinity.redbridge.sch.uk/Curriculum/media/filmalevel.htm

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Shooting Techniques (Showcase: Path of Glory)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJDkLgwJopQ

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Shooting Techniques (Showcase: Path of Glory)

http://tallismedia.weebly.com/level-3-unit-1.html

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Shooting Techniques (Self Study)

Steve D. Katz, Film Directing Shot by Shot Visualizing Concept to Screen, 1991

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1. Long shot, aka wide shot (LS). Camera appears far from the focal point or

action. This shot establishes everything

relevant to that sequence. It introduces the

location, time or theme of the story. Provides

context for a story. Some define a LS as

enough dis- tance to show a standing person

from head to foot, with a bit of head room.


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2. Medium shot (MS)The camera appears about 2 to 3 meters

(8-10 feet) from the focal point or action. A

MS of a person typically breaks at mid thigh.

MS serves as a bridge between long shot

and close-up shots, moving the viewer closer

to the action.

3. Close-up shot (CU)Camera takes a detailed, often intimate, look

at people, objects or actions. CU of people

includes the full head and shoulders.

Emphasis on expression, emotion, texture,

detail.


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4. Extreme close-upCamera zooms in very tight on a face: showing

just the eyes, nose and mouth.

5. Cut-inA close-up on a detail within the establishing

shot.

6. Cut-awayA close-up on a detail outside the establishing

shot.

7. In-frame, out-of-frameShot begins with or without out people in the

scene. Subject enters the frame, passes through

and exits the scene. Very useful for cutting.


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8. Motivated panCamera moves horizontally, left or right. Generally,

it ends by showing a person, object or action that’s

important to the story line.

9. Motivated tiltCamera moves vertically up or down, ending on an

important person, object or action.

10. Point of view This is actually two shots: the first is a close-up or

extreme close-up of the subject, emphasizing her/his

eyes. The second can be any kind of shot, but the

psychological carry-over from the first shot is that

the viewer is now seeing the scene through the eyes

of the subject, that is, from her/his point of view.


http://blogs.wsd1.org/videocelebration/files/2012/10/videoshots.pdf

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Group Assignment (no.6-7-8)

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The chain assignment®is consisted of three

assignments which will continue for ten days.

Each assignment is harder than the previous and

needs more time and dedication.

Currently all the following assignments are

locked. There will be a new blog post announcing

the next assignment.

The assignments will be released once every

group submit their work.If a group doesn’t submit, nobody will be able to go further.

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Hard deadline: March 16th, 3:59pm

Method: Blogpost

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As a Facebook follower of Sunrise, you can

receive every weekend free minutes and SMS.

- Create an epic narrative story to engage

young and active user.

- Write your story as a blog post. You may add

images to give the mood.

- Most of the inspirational videos and course

material are your guide to success.

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Hard deadline: March 15th, 23:59

Method: Blogpost

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Start final assignment now!

- Bring out your ideas and define your

statement for future.

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Fundamentals of Storytelling [digitalmedia]

Education

1490s nicolas

franois le

storytellingercole

israelites

hebrews gathering

film directing

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establishing