Screenplay Basics - Scripped A Scripped Compendium by Johnathan Carr Traditional storytelling recounts past events, whereas screenwriting is locked in the present - thus you may not deviate from PRESENT TENSE. You may also be tempted to describe every inch of the world you're creating - don't! Take comfort in the idea that a screenplay is not meant to have any literary value. At the beginning of a feature film script, often but not always, the first line will be: FADE IN. While you can write a longer ACTION paragraph, think about keeping it under five lines at a time. In the ACTION line, be sure to capitalize SOUND EFFECTS, CAMERA DIRECTION and the first appearance of a speaking CHARACTER. Use a PARENTHETICAL to note an action the speaker is performing while speaking or if you want to indicate whom the speaker is addressing such as addressing a new character in mid-DIALOGUE. Off camera (O.C.) and off screen (O.S.) are identical, which one you use is really a personal preference. Think subtext.
Learn how successful short films and movies structure their story | CG Director You have the technical skills to create a short film, but your storytelling lacks depth? Learn how successful short films and even most of todays feature films structure the story, to make it compelling to the audience. It’s all about Storytelling Almost all Films are based on a storytelling technique, that was first introduced by Aristotles (The Three Act Structure) and revised by Joseph Campell. Campbells theory can basically be split up into the most important parts which are: The main character is introduced. If the story is a comedy, the character will fail in the (6) Quests challenges, if it is a tragedy, he will succeed in the challenges. Lets make an example. Our main character is a Knight. The next time you watch a movie, try to analyze it and fit it into this commonly used structure. Some interesting short films to watch, that follow this structure are: I can highly recommend the following Books and Sites for more in-depth information on this subject: Further Reading
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666 DIY Horror Filmmaking Tutorials It’s that time of year again, so we thought it was time to update last years killer feature “Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream.” That’s right a sequel! This time we are narrowing the focus a bit and concentrating on the DIY (Do It Yourself) elements. Hopefully this will help you slash the budget without murdering your production values. DIY: Blood, Bullets & Stunts DIY: Stage Effects/Green Screen DIY: Digital Effects After Effects Sony Vegas DIY: Make-Up/Costumes DIY: Static Props DIY: Motion Props DIY: Horror Sets DIY: Packaging Prop Shops & FX Supplies Quick Tip: MentalRay Proxies In today's quick tip, Dimitar Katerov will explain what proxy objects are, and how they can be used to render an insane amount of polygons in a single scene. If you've ever gone through the pain inducing task of trying to render a scene with a few hundred high-res tree models, then this quick tip may be the answer to your prayers! So fire up Maya and let's get started! Mental ray Proxy objects (assemblies) are used in many situations and give you a lot of benefits. They make your scenes lighter and faster, and save you a lot of memory during the rendering process. The second major benefit of proxy objects is that they are only loaded at render time, and only during the time they are needed. Step 1 Open a scene with the object you want to make a proxy of. Step 2 Select everything that you want to export as a mental ray proxy object (move it to grid origin if it isn't already there). Step 3 Step 4 Now we have a file which contains our proxy object. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Conclusion
Film Underground The Pixar of the iPad Age Goes to the Academy Awards With Its Short Film - Video - The Atlantic - StumbleUpon Moonbot Studios has been turning heads with its imaginative and exquisitely crafted iPad applications for kids, and now a spinoff of one of these apps, a short animated film, has been nominated for an Academy Award. Directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore draws its inspiration from "Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books," blending cutting-edge digital animation with a haunting silent-film aesthetic. Stills from the film In "How to Build the Pixar of the iPad Age in Shreveport, Louisiana," The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal and Sarah Rich describe how they drove 500 miles out of their way on their Start-Up Nation tour to visit Moonbot. At the intersection of interactive technology and good old fashioned storytelling, Moonbot is poised to shape the next generation of narrative experiences, Madrigal explains. Their first project, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.
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Disney Parks Blog - The official blog for Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise Line Anyone want $1 million? Well, Walt Disney Studios is prepared to give that much money away as part of the world premiere of its new movie “Million Dollar Arm,” in which a sports agent (played by Jon Hamm) concocts a scheme to find a young cricket pitcher he can turn into a Major League Baseball star. Walt Disney Studios is staging a contest on April 25th and 26th to find a real-life “million dollar arm” by offering guests (you have to be age 18 and over with no prior professional baseball experience) the chance to throw the fastest strike. Here’s how it works: Participants at three locations; Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort and New York City, get three chances to throw a baseball as fast as possible. Participants who throw the three fastest strikes at each location will be flown to the finals in Hollywood, Calif., where they will attend the world premiere of Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm” on May 6 and get a chance to compete for the grand prize. Click here for official rules.
44 Grunge Photoshop Tutorials | Template Monster Blog - Part 1 What’s up today? We’ve actually compiled a whole array of creative grunge tutorials so you can infuse staggering grungy styles into your artworks using Photoshop. Lately the grunge effect is known to be an enormously popular trend in web design, and basically it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere any time soon. So if you want to really wild on your grunge designs, you may now explore different techniques in Photoshop that can give your artwork some textured, aged and uneven looks with rusting metal signs, dirty spots, grunge patterns, scorched borders, or overall distressed accents. Head blow off effect Designing a typographic concept poster Distressed effects in Photoshop The new way to create 3D text Create a rough woody text effect with wood splinters texture in Photoshop How to design an impressive graphic tee in Photoshop How to make a worn vintage beach ad in Photoshop Design an awesome geometric shaped typography with grungy background in Photoshop Creating a retro grunge poster
Dreamworks CG Pipeline « Adam Keighers Weblog The Dreamworks Animation team use the same stages of production as Pixar when making a film. I suppose its a worldwide standard technique that is used to create CG Films. Every aspect of this picture above was created by computer, every blade of grass, every leaf, every strand of fur and every ray of light. A lot of hard work and sleepless nights go into an animated film and this is why it can take over four years to make one. Stages of Production Development: Script Films start off with ideas and concepts. This is a picture of the script from the film ‘Shrek’. Storyboards When a script is prepared and ready it is handed to the studios Storyboard Artists this can be a fairly hard job as they have to translate these words into pictures. This is a picture of a storyboard from the film ‘Shrek’. Visual Development Once the script and storyboards are set the studios Visual Development Department plans how the film will look. Concept art from Madagascar. Pre-Production: Production: Post-Production:
Eye Sharpening - Photoshop Tutorial - 416 Studios With this tutorial you can create amazing, bright eyes within minutes. First retouch, adjust levels and do all necessary colour corrections on your image. With a Lasso Tool (L) select the eyes (hold Shift key to add to selection). Hit Ctrl+J to copy selection to a new layer. You can copy the whole layer instead of selecting eyes but applying the filter to the large area like this may take a while on slower computers. Use Smart Sharpen filter on the eyes, the choice of right settings will depend on the size of your file. Add a layer mask to the sharpened layer, then using a white soft brush on 50% bring back paint only iris’ and pupils to expose the sharpened eyes. Using levels brighten the whole picture and then copy mask from previous layer to select only eyes by holding Alt while dragging the sharpened mask (“layer 1” in the pic) onto the “levels 2” layer. Reduce opacity of the colour layer to make the eyes look more natural. And voilà, the image is ready.