Category Archives: Design for Animation, Narrative Structure and Film Language

This Week’s Task: For this week, I worked on creating a presentation that summarised what I wrote in my critical report and recorded a voice over to sync with it.

Weaknesses The concept of weakness is described best by John Truby, an American screenwriter and director, who described a weakness as a need. There are two types of needs: Psychological – These weaknesses only affect the hero in the story and … Continue reading →

Stories as a Circle The formula behind story arcs stemmed from the philosopher and theologian Joseph Campbell, who developed the monomyth, also known as the Hero’s Journey. He broke it down in his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, … Continue reading →

What is Visual Culture? Visual culture is a term whereby the culture itself is expressed via visual images, still or moving. This broad area of study doesn’t focus too much on the aesthetics of things, as its purpose is to … Continue reading →

History of Film What are movies? Movies are a way of storytelling using a sequence of images. They first came about in the 19th century when the Edison Company successfully demonstrated a prototype version of the kinetoscope in 1891. However, … Continue reading →