Flash Cinematic Techniques - Enhancing Animated Shorts and Interactive Storytelling

EBook Description: Flash Cinematic Techniques - Enhancing Animated Shorts and Interactive Storytelling

Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career

Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore

This set does an effective job of summarizing the major elements of a complex topic: storytelling. Coverage spans oral tradition from its roots, the earliest recorded stories and creation myths, and follows the development of intertwined and contrasting themes, genres, and motifs throughout history, culminating with modern-day urban legends and superheroes. The set is divided into three main sections. The first consists of alphabetically arranged entries on people, places, creatures, characters, cultures, religions, societal norms, adaptations, interpretations, and styles and devices. Entries have been written by various contributors (some are signed) and range from a paragraph to several pages. Occasional black-and-white illustrations and reproductions are scattered throughout. Sources (usually print) are provided for each article, and many articles include see also references. The second part offers retellings of traditional stories. The 49 selections represent an international array of standards and offer a sampling of various subgenres. Care has been taken to preserve original nuances, conventions, and cadences. Samples include a folktale from the Talmud, a changeling tale from Wales, a shape-shifting story from Germany, a parable from the Jataka, a collection of Buddhist moral tales, a riddle tale, a fool tale, hero myths, indigenous legends, and selections from epics. The third part details storytelling resources: a worldwide list of college and university courses in storytelling studies, including contact information; a directory of international storytelling festivals; bibliographies of print materials about storytelling, collections of folktales, and tale type and motif indexes; and a detailed index. These support materials, when combined with the background information provided in the introduction (history, rationale, definitions, materials collection, storytelling techniques, and various applications), help create a comprehensive overview. This well-written and accessible set is recommended for large public and academic collections that support teacher-education programs or that cater to storytellers. --Kathleen McBroom

Video Shooter, Second Edition: Storytelling with HD Cameras (2009)

Tired of the dry rudimentary guidebooks that ignore the art of telling compelling video stories Video Shooter takes you to a new level of competence and expertise by presenting the camera as a potent storytelling tool. Sure, you will learn the basics of HD formats, the fundamentals of compression and color space, but only so much as these technical areas serve your craft, which includes more fundamentally camera placement and eyeline, choice of lens focal length and the power of the triangle in creating powerful compositions. Throughout the book you will come to understand the master shooter�s guiding principle, that story is the conduit through which all creative and technical decisions flow.

Humorous and opinionated, the author provides insightful anecdotes and tutorials that help you learn the video shooter�s craft. While the book focuses primarily on how to get the most out of your entry- and mid-level P2, XDCAM, and AVCHD camcorder, the principles and lessons covered such as shooting for green screen and understanding point of view apply just as well to video shooters and storytellers of any level. As apprenticeships in the industry have largely disappeared, aspiring shooters and film students have had to seek alternative sources for training and guidance. In Video Shooter, you will find a master teacher offering perceptive lessons with a healthy dose of inspiration; these pages are as close to a living and breathing mentor as one can get in a printed form. Hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations present the many lessons throughout the book.

* Engaging and informative, veteran shooter Barry Braverman shares the craft and emotion of constructing compelling visual stories with HD cameras.
* Explores the video storyteller�s window on the world, the use of perspective and choice of lens, the crafting of close-ups, control of depth of field and recommended use of cine lenses and adapters.
* Considers the art of tweaking the HD image through proper camera setup, supplemental glass filters and postproduction software to control noise, contrast and detail level.
* Covers the latest tapeless technologies and workflow from recording to flash memory and optical disc to outputting to DVD, Blu-ray and the Web.
* Companion website offers tutorials, bonus illustrations, equipment reviews, tips and tricks, a reader�s help line and the author�s blog.
* Hundreds of full-color photos and illustrations present the many lessons throughout the book.
* Engaging and informative, veteran shooter Barry Braverman shares the craft and emotion of constructing compelling visual stories with HD cameras.
* Explores the video storyteller�s window on the world, the use of perspective and choice of lens, the crafting of close-ups, control of depth of field and recommended use of cine lenses and adapters.
* Considers the art of tweaking the HD image through proper camera setup, supplemental glass filters and postproduction software to control noise, contrast and detail level.
* Covers the latest tapeless technologies and workflow from recording to flash memory and optical disc to outputting to DVD, Blu-ray and the Web.
* Companion website offers tutorials, bonus illustrations, equipment reviews, tips and tricks, a reader�s help line and the author�s blog.

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels /by Scott Mccloud . Designed as a craftsperson's overview of the drawing and storytelling decisions and possibilities available to comics artists, covering everything from facial expressions and page layout to the choice of tools and story construction, Making Comics, like its predecessors, is also an eye-opening trip behind the scenes of art-making, fascinating for anyone reading comics as well as those making them.

Flash Cinematic Techniques: Enhancing Animated Shorts And Interactive Storytelling

Apply universally accepted cinematic techniques to your Flash projects to improve the storytelling quotient in your entertainment, advertising (branding), and educational media. A defined focus on the concepts and techniques for production from story reels to the final project delivers valuable insights, time-saving practical tips, and hands-on techniques for great visual stories. Extensive illustration, step-by-step instruction, and practical exercises provide a hands-on perspective.

Explore the concepts and principles of visual components used in stories so you are fluent in the use of space, line, color, and movement in communicating emotion and meaning. Apply traditional cinematography techniques into the Flash workspace with virtual camera movements, simulated 3d spaces, lighting techniques, and character animation. Add interactivity using ActionScript to enhance audience participation.

Psychoanalysis As Therapy And Storytelling

Is psychoanalysis a type of literature? Can telling 'stories' help us to get at the truth?

Psychoanalysis as Therapy and Storytelling examines psychoanalysis from two perspectives - as a cure for psychic suffering, and as a series of stories told between patient and analyst.

Antonino Ferro uses numerous clinical examples to investigate how narration and interpretation are interconnected in the analytic session. He draws on and develops Bion's theories to present a novel perspective on subjects such as:

* psychoanalysis as a particular form of literature

* sexuality as a narrative genre or dialect in the analyst's consulting room

* delusion and hallucination

* acting out, the countertransference and the transgenerational field

* play: characters, narrations and interpretations.

Psychoanalytic clinicians and theoreticians alike will find the innovative approach to the analytic session described here of great interest.

Winner of the 2007 Sigourney Award.

Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career

"Hansen's passion for applying storytelling to the job search is apparent on every page. A great resource for job seekers." --Rob Sullivan, author, Getting Your Foot in the Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand On "Transforms an interview stumbling block into a natural opportunity to share experiences that help others understand your passions and strengths."

Video Shooter, Second Edition: Storytelling with HD Cameras

Cinematic insights and techniques meet high-definition when veteran shooter shares the secrets of the video storytelling craft!

Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition

Named by FORTUNE Magazine as a "Must-Read"

"Jerry Weissman makes the challenge of producing and delivering effective presentations delightfully simple. Read it and benefit!"
Tim Koogle,Founding CEO, Yahoo!

�A great read for all of us who have ever struggled with any aspect of our public speaking skills. Presenting to Win contains the same timeless techniques that helped me [18] years ago.�
Jeff Raikes, former President, Microsoft Business Division, Microsoft Corporation, and CEO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

�Jerry is The Man when it comes to making great pitches. If your pitch doesn�t get a whole lot better after reading this book, something is wrong with you.�
Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director and Chairman, Garage Technology Ventures, and bestselling author of The Art of the Start

�Presenting to Win is the shortest path to applause for any presenter. It will be your bible for the PowerPoint Age. It�s loaded with easy actions and real examples that really work. I�ve used them. I know.�
Scott Cook, Founder, Intuit

Thirty million presentations will be given today. Millions will fail. Millions more will be received with yawns. A rare few will establish the most profound connection, in which presenter and audience understand each other perfectly�discover common ground� and, together, decide to act.

In this fully updated edition, Jerry Weissman, the world�s #1 presentation consultant, shows how to connect with even the toughest, most high-level audiences...and move them to action! He teaches presenters of all kinds how to dump those PowerPoint templates once and for all and tell compelling stories that focus on what�s in it for the audience.

Weissman�s techniques have proven themselves with billions of dollars on the line. Thousands of his elite clients have already mastered them. Now it�s your turn!

� What you must do to tell your story
Focus before Flow: identifying your real goals and message

� The power of the WIIFY: What�s In It For You
Staying focused on what your audience really wants

� Capture your audience in 90 seconds� and never let go!
Opening Gambits and compelling linkages

� Master the art of online Web conferencing
Connecting with your invisible audience

� From brainstorming through delivery
Crafting the Power Presentation, one step at a time

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