2007 Guest Lecturer Notes and Demo Materials

Week 1 - Introduction (Bruno Degazio)

Tech Talk #1 - Video Specifications - Mario Positano

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Chris Walsh - Story Structure and Research

Lecture notes

REQUIRED READING:
from A.Buchbinder, "The Way of the Screen Writer"
Working with Conflict

Mark Mayerson - Screenwriting and Script Preparation

Screenwriting Notes

SPOMCORBASS - Eleven Features of a Well Designed Story

James Caswell - The Freelance Storyboard Artist

Lecture slides, Part 1 - The StoryBoarder's Task
Lecture slides, Part 2 - Storyboard Methodology

Example Storyboards from Grossology

Kaj Pindal - From Story Board to Story Reel

Lecture notes pdf

Petzi Leica Reel 5:57 (Quicktime mp4)

Petzi Book -
original children's book upon which the above story reel is based

Nancy Beiman

link to Nancy's website

REQUIRED READING
Animation World article on Disney's Hercules

Blair Kitchen - 2D Animation, An Industry Perspective

Frosted Flakes commercial, pencil test

UN Commercial, final pencil test

Selections from Blair's Illustrator Archive

Bruno Degazio - A Typology of Animation Soundtracks

lecture slides (pdf)

Jason Thompson - Stop Motion Historical Review

lecture slides (pdf)