Category Screen Studies

Colour

Colour is how we perceive the difference in the wavelengths of light.  There are three primary colours of light, red, green and blue.  At the heart of colour theory is the colour wheel, which was created in the late 17th century by Sir Isaac Newton. Best known for his physics breakthroughs, Newton mapped the colour spectrum […]

Storyboards and Animatics

STORYBOARDS A storyboard is a graphic organizer that consists of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. The storyboarding process, in the form it is known today, was developed at Walt Disney Productions during the early 1930s, after several years of similar processes being in use at Walt Disney and other animation studios. Storyboards are used for […]

Story Process

Anjali Sud – Unedited Experiences, The Future of Storytelling. Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo, thinks the power of video has a strong connection to the human desire for real and unedited experiences. Video has evolved to be one of the primary ways that we as human beings communicate, and today, people crave video that is […]

Film Making

MONEY IS IMPORTANT, BUT THERE ARE MORE PRESSING ISSUES TO CONSIDER Tell people’s stories in a way that makes a difference.  Giving the audience the experience, an intense ride, feel what the experience would have been like, put them there. STAGES OF PRODUCTION preproduction – gathers reference materials, motion tests, layout drawings, model sketches, dialogue […]

Screen Studies & Film History

FILM  HISTORY  The Associated Press, in partnership with the newsreel archive British Movietone, is releasing over one million minutes of video footage posted to YouTube. It’s a treasure trove of iconic milestones in history and some rarely seen and quirky moments as well. Some of our favorite finds, the eruption of Italy’s famed Mount Vesuvius in 1938, […]

Films

SOME OF THE FILMS I’VE SEEN ARE NOW POSTED ON THIS LINK