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Visual Storytelling

Everything in the school that teaches Visual Storytelling, across 8 departments.

86 lessons · 22h 58m · Directing · Editing · Animation · Cinematography · Screenwriting · Film Theory · Production Design · Color

Lessons on Visual Storytelling

David Fincher: Se7en - The Directors Series — Indie Film Hustle Podcast · 30m · Advanced
Martin Scorsese: American Boy - The Directors Series — Indie Film Hustle Podcast · 26m · Advanced
The Visual Comedy of ISLE OF DOGS | Criterion x Every Frame a Painting — CRITERION and Every Frame a Painting · 11m · Advanced
'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve Breaks Down a Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 11m · Intermediate
Director Rian Johnson Breaks Down a Scene from 'Knives Out' | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 9m · Intermediate
'Wicked' Director & Cinematographer Break Down the 'Dancing Through Life' Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 14m · Intermediate
Jane Campion & Sofia Coppola on The Power of the Dog and Filmmaking Process | NYFF59 — Film at Lincoln Center · 62m · Advanced
Directing Without Words: Visual Storytelling in Film — StudioBinder · 13m · Intermediate
GOOD vs BAD Character Design: Tips and Tricks! — BaM Animation · 20m · Intermediate
The Art of The Storyboard - Sneak Peek by special guest Lyndon Ruddy — The Art of Aaron Blaise · 61m · Intermediate
The BEST Cinematography Advice From Roger Deakins (His Philosophy of Cinematography) — AlterCine · 19m · Intermediate
Visual Storytelling — Cinematography Techniques from Newton Thomas Sigel (Drive, Bohemian Rhapsody) — StudioBinder · 10m · Intermediate
What Is Depth Of Field? — In Depth Cine · 15m · Intermediate
'The Smashing Machine' Director Benny Safdie Breaks Down a Scene | Vanity Fair — Vanity Fair · 12m · Intermediate
Creating Iconic Characters With Pixar Art Director Deanna Marsigliese — Write for Animation by Pietro Schito · 29m · Intermediate
The Shining — Quietly Going Insane Together — Lessons from the Screenplay · 10m · Intermediate
How to Storyboard Smarter — Toniko Pantoja · 12m · Intermediate
How Aspect Ratio Affects Storytelling | Writer/Director David Lowery on A Ghost Story — H8URS · 5m · Intermediate
In Praise of Subtle Cinematography — Thomas Flight · 14m · Intermediate
The 2 Ways To Film Stories — In Depth Cine · 11m · Intermediate
What is Mise en Scene — How Directors Like Kubrick Master the Elements of Visual Storytelling — StudioBinder · 10m · Beginner
How Satyajit Ray Directs a Film | The Director's Chair — StudioBinder · 18m · Intermediate
Rear Window 1954 - Behind the Scenes - Pure Cinema Through the Eyes of the Master — Cine Extras · 25m · Advanced
Visual Storytelling in Filmmaking — DSLRguide · 9m · Beginner
Why So Many People Didn't 'Get' Oppenheimer — Like Stories of Old · 40m · Advanced
Why The Shining is Terrifying — Super Eyepatch Wolf · 25m · Intermediate
Parasite — The Power of Symbols — Lessons from the Screenplay · 14m · Advanced
Agnès Varda. The Things We Leave Behind. 2004 2/6 — European Graduate School Video Lectures · 10m · Advanced
Psycho - How Alfred Hitchcock Manipulates An Audience — The Discarded Image · 11m · Intermediate
How To Write A Short Film: Part 7 - Non Dialogue Films — D4Darious · 4m · Intermediate

Departments teaching this

Oscar winners for directing

Books on directing

The director’s monitor

FEELWORLD LUT7 PRO — A bright 7" monitor at a quarter of the price
Accsoon CineView SE — Video to a phone, for under three hundred
Accsoon CineView Quad — Four inputs, switchable — a tiny multicamera village
PortKeys BM5 III WR — Monitor that can also run the camera
Hollyland Mars 4K — 4K wireless to four phones at once
Atomos Ninja V — The 5" recorder-monitor that made ProRes RAW normal

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