Visual Storytelling for Animation Projects
The three acts
A course by Luigi Esparza Santa María , Audiovisual Communicator
Joined April 2019
About the video: The three acts
Overview
“Here we will mark the three acts of your story through a series of events that will happen to your protagonist and that will guide him through his arc of transformation. ”
In this video lesson Luigi Esparza Santa María addresses the topic: The three acts, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Storytelling for Animation Projects. Learn how to tell a story with simple sketches and prepare a pitch for investors.
Partial transcription of the video
“THE THREE ACTS What should we include in each of the three acts of history? You have to break it down and see how to organize it in this lesson. Let's start with the presentation and the three points that we must show. Then we will go to the knot and the five points that we must show and finally the outcome and the two points that we must show. Those three points are the presentation of the character, where we present it and know the character and the world. Then the balance. We must show what your daily life is like. Day after day the same things happen to him and he lives normally without...”
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Course summary for: Visual Storytelling for Animation Projects
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Category
3D & Animation -
Areas
Animation, Script, Storytelling

Luigi Esparza Santa María
A course by Luigi Esparza Santa María
Luigi Esparza is an Audiovisual Communicator and master in creative writing. He has been a university professor for ten years, as well as a screenwriter and animation director for fifteen.
He has his own animation company, Polirama, along with his partner Mauricio. He wrote an award-winning script in Peru and Spain, Mochica, which is still in production. He also developed a preschool series called Ciudad Jardín, the first one in Peru. He currently works on another called Babi and Maiki, and another for a teenage audience called Ultraviolet.
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