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A Thousand Words:
Creating Compelling Stories with Still Images
and Good Editing.
Frank Guttler
frank@lightscameralearn.com
www.lightscameralearn.com
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2. Frank Guttler
Producer by Trade, Educator by Accident
Began - TV News, Independent Film
and Visual FX Production
Former Associate Director,
AFI Screen Education Center
Now - Technical Specialist,
L.A. County Office of Education
Adjunct Professor, Instructional
Technology Wilkes University,
Pennsylvania
....but I really want to direct.
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4. What’s the difference between
a SHOT and a SCENE?
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5. SHOT
The part of a film between two cuts
SCENE
A series of shots combined to form a continuous block of
storytelling. The end of a scene is typically marked by a
change in location, style, or time.
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6. Comparing Visual Language to
the Printed Word
Sentence Paragraph Chapter Novel
Shot Scene Sequence Movie
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7. A Tale of Two Lamps
Digital Magic vs. Analog Mastery
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8. Luxo, Jr.
• 1986
• Directed by John
Lasseter
• Pixar Animation Studios
• 2 minutes
• www.youtube.com/
watch?v=PvCWPZfK8pI
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9. IKEA Lamp
• 2002
• Directed by Spike Jonze
• Advertisement
• 60 sec.
• www.youtube.com/watch?
v=I07xDdFMdgw
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10. A Thousand Words
Storytelling in Editing
• Intermediate skills
using, not abusing
transitions and effects.
• ‘Narrating’ an image
with pan & scan a la
Ken Burns.
• Appreciating editing
as a storytelling tool.
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11. Storytelling with Editing
Learn ‘responsible’ use of ‘Narrate’ the image using
effects and transitions Ken Burns Effect Pan & Scan.
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12. A Thousand Words
The Assignment: Create a photostory based on
a set of provided images using movement, music
and transitions to enhance the story.
Core Concepts: Transitions are like Punctuation.
• Understand the narrative meaning of common
transitions like Fade, Cross-Dissolve, Wipe and Iris.
• Avoid flash transitions that do not enhance the
story.
• Use motion control effect to direct the viewer’s
attention for maximum narrative value.
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13. http://vimeo.com/17905994
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14. Ken Burns on the Ken Burns Effect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeqlHmhio4s
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15. Ken Burns Tribute 29th Annual News & Documentary
Emmy Awards (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBonhSydxKQ
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16. A Thousand Words
The Resource: Royalty-free, downloadable images that
suggest a compelling story.
The American Memory Photo Archive at the
U.S. Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html
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17. Frank Guttler
frank@lightscameralearn.com
818.439.6539
www.lightscameralearn.com
linkedin.com/in/frankguttler
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