Directing the Story

Name: Directing the Story
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780240810768
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Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation

By Francis Glebas

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Directing the Story by Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, offers a unique structural approach to visual storytelling in animation and moviemaking. Using the classic tale of '1001 Arabian Nights,' it demonstrates how to create emotionally satisfying stories that captivate audiences. The book features 1001 drawings in graphic novel format, combining teaching concepts with storyboarding examples rooted in real project contexts to engage visually and instruct effectively.
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This book is ideal for aspiring and professional animators, storyboard artists, filmmakers, and anyone interested in mastering the art of visual storytelling through practical, example-driven methods.

Professional storytelling tools, techniques and strategies clearly explained and put into practice - teaches by example!

Description

Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, shows how to reach the ultimate goal of animation and moviemaking by providing audiences with an emotionally satisfying experience. Directing the Story offers a structural approach to clearly and dramatically presenting visual stories. With Francis' help, you'll discover the professional storytelling techniques that have captivated generations of moviegoers and kept them coming back for more.

You'll also learn to spot potential problems before they cost you time or money, and you'll be offered creative solutions to solve them. Best of all, it practices what it preaches, using a graphic novel format to demonstrate the professional visual storytelling techniques you need to know.

Directing the Story uses the classic story of 1001 Arabian Nights to show how to storyboard stories that will engage an audience's attention and emotions. With 1001 drawings in graphic novel format, plus teaching concepts and commentary, this book provides a rich resource for learning. All of the storyboarding examples are set within a real project context to engage a visual audience on their own terms and teach through demonstration.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780240810768

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Focal Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 276.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 1162g

Pages: 346

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Arts & Culture Francis Glebas Non-Fiction

About the Author

Francis Glebas worked as a story artist for Disney Feature Animation on Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dinosaur, Treasure Planet and Hercules. He also directed Pomp and Circumstance starring Donald Duck in Fantasia 2000 and Piglet's BIG Movie. Francis is also an award-winning independent live action movie maker with almost 40 years' experience. He currently teaches storyboarding at Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Francis also works as a creative consultant, having worked with the Irish Government, Korean Government, General Motors, Los Alamos Labs, Walt Disney Imagineering and other film studios.