Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 7 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) I want to get onto the artwork. Writers pay attention. A lot of this applies to you as well. This is a two-part medium. It’s visual and verbal. We’re in the business of storytelling. Because of the…
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Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 12 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) I’m going to quickly go through a comic book for you. This comic book, an issue of Strange Tales later reprinted in Captain America. Why this one? This one is an old comic by Stan Lee and…
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 19 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) Page twelve. Okay, this is an extended pull-back-to-reveal sequence. We see Cap using a remote control device. What is he up to? No clue yet. A skyhook-thingie pulls him up. Again, a little vertigo in this shot….
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 13 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) All right, we’re in the backyard of this suburban home. Three young men are arriving. Look at her, the Invisible Girl. You get a pretty good look at her. You’ll see her feet later, trust me. You…
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 6 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) I’m going to walk you quickly through a movie called Rocky. I’ll just touch on a few scenes from Rocky that basically will illustrate some of what I’m talking about in terms of building these things into…
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Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 1 (From the transcript of a 1994 seminar) Story is probably the most fundamental and important element of entertainment in the world. It’s a basic building block. It comes into play in virtually every creative medium. Storytelling is the oldest profession. Don’t believe what you’ve heard….
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 17 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) JayJay here. The blog service has been down and I have a few things that Jim wants me to post so I will be putting up several extra articles later today and tomorrow. Check back! Page Eight….
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 8 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) Around the turn of the 20th Century, two new media were invented. Okay, some scholar is going to correct me and say the first movie was actually made in the 1860’s, and Scott McCloud thinks hieroglyphics were comics,…
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 14 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) Page two. Take a look at the second panel. The boys have landed in a heap. In order to make that clearly, Kirby treats it like action, that is, he uses the usual action depth and shows…