Visual Story Structure Research

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- Read CINEMATOGRAPHY The Visuals and the Story by Bruce Block (PDF)
  - Author, The Visual Story: Creating the Visual Structure of Film, TV and Digital Media
- Study each component and look for examples in films
- Review the Visual Story Template (PDF)
- Use the Story Visual Intensity Structure Scene Worksheet (PDF) to plan out the Visual Story component
- Use the Story Visual Intensity Structure Film Worksheet (PDF) to plan out the complete production
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Seven Visual Story Components

Cue	Notes
How is space used in film?	Space Use of depth and distance
How does line and shape effect the film visually?	Line and Shape Line can be controlled through lighting, more contrast controls lines. Lines/linear motifs can change the intensity of a scene. Most intense frames are diagnols.
How can you control tone?	Tone You can control tone by certain lighting and camera and lens adjustments.
	Color
What are different types of movement?	Movement Actual movement (occurring only in the real world) Apparent movement (one stationary object is replaced by another stationary object) Induced movement (occurs when a moving object transplants movement to a nearby stationary object) Important when finding movement: -Direction -Quality -Scale -Speed -Camera movement -Point of attention
	Rhythm