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The Visual Story : Creating the Structure of Film, Television, and Visual Media by Bruce A. Block is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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If you can't make it to one of Bruce Block's legendary visual storytelling seminars, then you need his book! Now in full color for the first time, this best-seller offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, animated piece, or video game. You'll learn how to structure your visuals as carefully as a writer structures a story or a composer structures music. Understanding visual structure allows you to communicate moods and emotions, and most importantly, reveals the critical relationship between story structure and visual structure. The Visual Story offers a clear view of the relationship between the story/script structure and the visual structure of a film, video, or multimedia work. An understanding of the visual components will serve as the guide to strengthening the overall story. The Visual Story divides what is seen on screen into tangible sections: contrast and affinity, space, line and shape, tone, color, movement, and rhythm. The vocabulary as well as the insight is provided to purposefully control the given components to create the ultimate visual story. For example: know that a saturated yellow will
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- Author
- Bruce A. Block
- Publisher
- Focal Press; Focal Press/Elsevier; Focal
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781138410626
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, Photography, Technology
- Rating
- 4.24 / 5 (347 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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