Directing and Concepting for Animation

Overview

“In this lesson we will talk about the rhythm of telling a story. How a dramatic story requires a different way of working than one of action. The dramatic is more contemplative, slows down and requires you to feel emotional; The choice of music is fundamental. On the other hand, a dynamic narrative will require careful editing work. Here you will learn to identify the most important points. Remember that the goal of dynamic narratives is to convey excitement and stimulate the viewer. Quick cuts and clamping of fast images. They must tell us that something happens with a lot of action and dynamism. Eye, the quick cuts involve more shots, keep this in mind!”

In this video lesson Zeppelin addresses the topic: Rhythm: dramatic and dynamic narratives, which is part of the Domestika online course: Directing and Concepting for Animation. Learn how to create stories and portray them in an animated spot: from the concept to the finished product.

Partial transcription of the video

“Rhythm: Dramatic and dynamic narratives Every animation or story has a rhythm. In this lesson we will tell you what it is. Rhythm There are many ways to tell a story depending on the objective, but let's summarize in dynamic narrative, action or emotion, and the dramatic ones, which are the slowest, the most poetic, the most contemplative, where emotions are more involved. There are many resources that you can use in either of these two techniques. We will try to name the ones that are most used and the ones I like to use the most. One is the camera in hand, also called live camera, which i...”

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Course summary for: Directing and Concepting for Animation

• Level: Beginner
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• 592 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (2h 47m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation

• Areas

  Animation, Creativity