Jack Black’s Tips for Creating Effective Scenes
Jack Black has a new show on VH1 called Acceptable TV. There was a “How To” episode that goes about explaining story structure, camera angles, editing, lighting, etc., in a funny and yet effective way. He talks about each element in relation to shooting live action, however all of these things are extremely important to us as animators as we are story tellers as well. They each can apply to animation and are a part of creating a successful piece of animation.
Coming up with the story / Writing the script:
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Be prepared to fail and rewrite:
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Story Structure:
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Framing and Composition:
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Lighting:
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Editing shots together:
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All of the videos can also be seen here.
July 9th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Nice and hilarious ! Thanks for the share !
Also 2 life lessons in the first 2 videos -
1. No one writes their final draft right in the beginning.
2. If you like what you do and keep doing it no matter what people say, thats all it matters.
Cheers!
October 9th, 2009 at 6:47 am
this is awesome Alexiss… thanks for sharing