Story Telling

The base of a good show is story telling. Whether you are filming a short animation or a long form documentary – story telling is king. What follows are a number of links and videos which give a great foundation to story telling.

Story Telling – Sci Fi Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm-K8uQchMQ

Documentary – News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC58rL52gl4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWv0WYj2H4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuD2Aa0zFiA – Joseph Campbell – The Hero monomyth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL0atQFZzL8&t=153s (Dan Harmon – 8 steps again)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7i3w6XW_2Q – 6 Essential Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL0atQFZzL8&t=21s

3 Act Structure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIFkyeUgbwk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pZnl3oPrX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFsI1uK9q44

Couple of Pointers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GBFDp02nU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVBVyOgu3QY

Learning Screen Play Story Structure – FULL VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywvNIWKbPI

Screen Example Writing – Funny

https://www.socapa.org/portfolio/watch/71489367782

How to write Short Films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMqIQcTMlA0

Camera Use – Foundations

What kind of shots to use and when? What is the language of the video camera? How do you bring your audience INTO your story?

Shot Sizes

Why to use different shots?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyML8xuKfoc (12 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s57Na6Nx_c (12 minutes – plus angles and framing)

Shotlist Composition & Meaning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDC8DiGfxrs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQNiqzuXjoM

Camera Moves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDC8DiGfxrs

Editing Transitions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKXBAaQB03U

Coverage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNePOOLv-ew&t=33s

Staging the Scene (and Blocking)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-4rk3T8PbQ

Writing Characters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyHKZ5GdThM&t=726s

Editing – Putting it all together

There are three times that a movie is written. First in the script, second during the filming and direction and finally in the editing. Watch these to find out how and why.

Editing –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMyMxMYDNk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehvh5adVqMo&t=69s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx4lGajGlZc

Editing – Technical – Adobe Premiere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfPIp-G1bpY

Advanced Premiere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMTlJ4GLvsU

Update to the original course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y0OpXQ-Bgs

How to Multicam?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxz1JR26vpc (Premiere Gal rocks)