![]() ![]() The rooster is for humor and reinforces the idea of dawn. Just place her desk near a window where the viewer can see it change from night to dawn. But how do you convey to your viewer she spent all night studying without any dialogue? That’s easy too. The obviously freaked-out students fearing an F- speaks to most of us. The close-up of the calendar sets up the story. Here’s scenario #6, teenager aces test after studying all night. Be concise and tell your story as quickly as possible.ĭo you think the story of our canines would be more visually interesting if the final frame were a close-up of happy Fido instead of a WS? Would the story be told as well if frame #3 were a close-up with Killer cropped out? These are all things for the visual story-teller to think about. In this case, only four shots were needed and one of the truisms of video production is shorter is always better. Both of those scenarios would probably make the story move beyond three to six pictures. This ensures the story won’t get bogged down in a dog fight, nor does Fido have to do anything complicated. Oops, we”re cheating a little on the rule of no words allowed but sound effects are okay!īecause Killer is asleep, it makes it possible for Fido to snatch the bone easily. ![]() Without the sound effect of the snoring, it might be difficult to tell killer is asleep. In the next frame, you see a beefy dog named Killer, sound asleep. You can also see his ribs, which makes him a chronically hungry dog. In the first frame, the dog is obviously hungry because he’s staring at his empty food bowl, he has a pitiful expression on his face and he’s fantasizing about a tasty fish. Here’s a rendition of story #2 hungry dog steals a bigger dog’s bone. I’ll go into detail on the visual storytelling within each example so you can get a better idea of what I mean and adapt these techniques to your own video making. In this post, I picked out three and illustrated them as examples. In another article about visual story-telling, I gave a list of ten possible story lines. Make the visuals simple and easy to obtain so you can concentrate your efforts on WHAT VISUAL TELLS THE STORY?īeginning Film School students are given assignments like this. The point is, no expensive equipment is needed. My college had us cut pictures from magazines. In fact, you can use any readily available visuals. ![]() They do not have to be quality drawings, stick figures will do. So you can actually make video of these stories, but it’s easiest to begin with simple visual drawings. Now, this is just an exercise and the point is to stimulate your ability to THINK VISUALLY. Hollywood learned storytelling this way, so should you! These would be similar to old silent movies, just MUCH shorter. Practice creating simple stories that rely on nothing but 5-7 pictures to tell a story. To hone the visual thinking and creative skills needed to be a master visual story-teller and top-notch videomaker, it’s a great idea to begin with this simple exercise. ![]()
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