The Visual Story
MDSC 206 Script to Screen
This course explores key elements of visual storytelling in narrative film, television, advertising and commercials. It began as an exploration of how a script is enacted as a film, through staging, camera movement and editing. However, it has become apparent that, given the rapid convergence of media, the process of visualization cannot be isolated to a single medium. Today, many forms of media strive to emulate classical film narrative in its 'look' and structure; film directors cross over from film to commercials or music videos and back; and the techniques from one medium influence the visual structure of another medium-- the opening cut scenes in Halo now rival the opening scene of Avatar. Required texts and software: On Filmmaking: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director by Alexander Mackendrrick Faber and Faber ISBN-13: 978-0-571-21125-8 Directed by Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Holly...
