Creating Characters Presentation

Here is a link to my 'creating characters' presentation

Collaborative Storytelling Tools link

http://www.kolabora.com/news/2007/03/01/collaborative_writing_tools_and_technology.htm

Links on Preproduction for Videogames

Gamasutra article on game design

Play Illustration website

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/designing-video-games.html

Spring Break Homework

Generate thumbnail sketches toward your item 4 assignment, bring to class after spring break.

Thumbnail Sketch site

http://drawsketch.about.com/library/bl-thumbnail-sketching.htm

Drew's Script-o-Rama

Use this link to obtain screenplays and transcripts for most major movies

Pre-Production Forms

Click on these links to get copies of the major pre-production forms used in the movie business

Link One

Link Two

Visions of Light Quiz

Click here to go to the in-class VISIONS OF LIGHT quiz

VISIONS OF LIGHT entry on Wikipedia

Jim Uhls on screenwriting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCPXDxRrFos

screenwriter and director discuss adapting Frost/Nixon from stage to screen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOr9NK0Pcg

Art in Moleskine Books

http://www.skineart.com/

Figure Drawing Tutorials online

Here are some useful tutorial sites related to figure drawing:

http://www.elfwood.com/farp/figure/williamlibodyconstruction.html


http://drawsketch.about.com/od/figuredrawing/Figure_Drawing_Life_Drawing_Tips_and_Lessons.htm


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14035

Open Source sketch site SKETCHORY

have a look at this free sketch download site

Scott McCloud talks about Comics

In this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures that our eyes can hear and touch.


Here is Scott McCloud's official website

Jaws in 30 seconds but with bunnies

http://www.angryalien.com/0804/jawsbunnies.asp

Edit images and draw in your flash-enabled browser

This software, called Pixlr allows you to do 'photoshop' like image manipulation without the need
for installed software. You need to have flash installed on your browser, however.

Free paint tools

To complete your exercise - feel free to use these free paint and drawing tools.

Carl Gottlieb's book "The Jaws Log"

Link to "The Jaws Log" website which promotes a book released in 1975 about the making of the movie "Jaws"

Free script downloads

Get free movie scripts for comparison to actual films from Drew's Script-O-Rama

You view the scripts from within the web brower window.

"Jaws" final draft is here, among many other famous films.

Pre-Production Forms Free Download Online

Download free forms for pre-production here. Most are self-explanatory in use.

Taxi Driver Storyboard on youtube

This youtube clip shows multiple views of scenes from Taxi Driver - storyboard plus scenes-as-shot.

Use this site to mark events in a timeline as you watch JAWS

Click here to follow the timed plot point events of JAWS as you watch the Movie.

We will watch the first part of Jaws today, then part two next week.

Three Act Structure

A simple web resource explaining the basic three act structure

A useful diagram showing the key stages of the three act structure in stories

And one more web-based overview of this structural tool

Chris Volger discusses "Hero's Journey" on you tube

Click here to view Chris Vogler discussing the Hero's Journey on youtube.

He uses the Matrix to illustrate Joseph Campbell's main 'monomyth' idea.

The Hero's Journey as a diagram

Click here to see a diagram of the hero's journey

Wikipedia entries

Wikipedia entry on Scriptwriting

Useful Wiki entry on 3 Act Structure in stories

Another on Monomyth (AKA "The Hero's Journey")

Recommended book for screenwriters

I have found this book to be highly useful in my screenwriting classes and as a screenwriter myself:

DVDs to look at for storytelling/storyboarding

Look for DVDs with bonus extras which include details of writing and storyboarding for these titles:


Heat - interviews with the writer

Psycho - interviews with the writer, many prod. illustrations, storyboard info etc

Jaws - excellent storyboards in 'bonus extras'

Alien

Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal

Seven

X-Men (animatic shot-by-shot comparison)

HULK (Ang Lee version)

Godzilla (US 1998 version)

Vertigo

North by Northwest

The Matrix

Star Wars The Clone Wars

Star Wars The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

The Towering Inferno

Taxi Driver (Scorsese's own storyboards)

Blade Runner

Monsters Inc

IDST145 Syllabus online

Click here to view the IDST145 Syllabus online

Storyboard Links

A wikipedia entry on storyboarding

Stanley Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide

The Kubrick Site

Shower Scene from "Psycho" with Saul Bass Storyboards

Story Structure Case Study Analysis - "Jaws" done with Lego figures

"Three Act Structure" lecture site by Stephen J Cannel

Wired Magazine article on previsualization used on Speilberg's "War of the Worlds" to save time

Wikipedia Entry on Monomyth (AKA "The Hero's Journey")

Hero's Journey Comparison - "Star Wars" & "The Matrix"

Hello - I'm David Cox

My name is David Cox and I'll be your instructor for IDST120 this Spring 2009 semester at CCSF Mission Campus.

My background is in both motion picture production and videogame production. I live in the Mission area of San Francisco. I make films, write and teach at both CCSF and DeVry University Online.

My background is British/Australian, and I have been a long term visitor to the Bay Area since the early 1990s, when I first met San Francisco film makers at a film festival in Europe.

My own work can be viewed here: http://www.davidcoxfilms.blogspot.com

Academic Computing Resource Center Details

Click here to see the opening hours, location details etc of the Academic Computing Resource Center (ACRC) at Ocean Campus. NB this lab does not have storyboarding software installed, rather the main generic multimedia applications (Adobe CS3, Final Cut Pro etc)

Welcome to Storytelling & Storyboarding for Multimedia

This course is designed to aid the student in the generation and development of content for their media projects. By referencing and using traditional storytelling methods, personal writing, script writing techniques and exercises in and outside of the classroom, the student will explore multiple ways to generate and script content. Emphasis put on development of skills and techniques of storyboarding as well as in the use of dedicated storyboarding software.