Block Bruce. The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media

2nd ed. — Focal Press, 2008. — 297 p. — ISBN: 978-0-240-80779-9.
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.Acknowledgments...Introduction...1 The Visual Components...2 Contrast and Affinity...3 Space...Part One—The Primary SubcomponentsPart Two—The Frame...4 Line and Shape...5 Tone...6 Color...7 Movement...8 Rhythm...9 Story and Visual Structure...10 Practice, Not Theory...Appendix...Bibliography...This page intentionally left blank