Animation Masterclass Visual Language & Structure
Saturday 17th of May
ANIMATIONBRIDGE: Visual Language and Story Structure
A day-long presentation on cinematic language and narrative story telling with award winning Frank Gladstone
Saturday 17 May 2008
Watershed, Bristol
Frank Gladstone has been a professional animator, producer, director, writer and teacher for nearly 35 years, first managing his own Emmy award-winning studio and then in senior positions for Disney, Warner Brothers and DreamWorks, among others. His DreamWorks credits include THE ROAD TO ELDORADO, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON, SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS,andSHARK TALE. At Disney Animation, he worked with production teams on RESCUERS DOWN UNDER, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, THE LION KING, POCAHONTASand MULAN. Frank continues to be in demand as a consultant and teacher at major studios and schools, worldwide.
This interactive, copiously illustrated and occasionally irreverent course is presented in two sessions:
Session 1: A lively discussion of three of the four basic elements of visual language: Light, Color, and Composition, and their use in supporting cinematic storytelling. Clips from the films VISIONS OF LIGHT, NETWORK, WITNESS, and BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK will illustrate these principles.
Session 2:. The forth element of visual language, Movement, is broken down into its various forms (elemental, mechanical, editorial, ocular). Finally, “Three Act Story Structure”, parallel narratives, plants and payoffs, and character driven verses plot driven scenarios are defined and applied to a series of examples, including animated and live action shorts and Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, VERTIGO.
BOOKING
Places cost £25.00 per course and are limited to people with prior media industry experience. To get a booking form, visit the South West Screen website: www.swscreen.co.uk or email info@swscreen.co.uk.
This event is funded by South West Screen, Skillset, South West Regional Development Agency and Aardman Animations