308 READINGS AND FILM LISTS
Weekly Readings:
1. Making Comics: Writing with Pictures pt 1 p. 8-25 - PDF of first reading if your book hasn't arrived
2. Making Comics: Writing with Pictures pt 2 p. 26-53
3. Framed Ink; Working the Flat Surface/A Quick Word on Lenses p. 24-30
4. Visual Story: Contrast, Affinity & Visual Space - Download Reading Guide
6. Framed Ink - Composing Shots with a Purpose; Visual Message within a Still; p. 33-59
7. Framed Ink - Composing Shots with a Purpose; Working With Motion p. 60-72
8. Mark Kennedy: A quick Primer in Values - Reading Guide Here
9. The Heroes Journey: Step by Step - Download Reading Guide
10. Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling. - Reading Guide Here
11. Making Comics - Stories for Humans - Character Design p. 58-79
12. Why and How to Incorporate Custom Sound Design - Reading Guide Here
Videos to Watch:
The Pitch - Toy Story - Joe Ranft Storyboard Pitch
5 Storyboarding tips from John Nevarez
Beginnings - Setting a Story in Motion
Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist
Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement
The Dolly Zoom: More Than A Cheap Trick
Wolf Children (2012) - The Lateral Tracking Shot
The Spielberg Oner - Eight Lengthy Examples
Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time
Listening to Toy Story - Sound Design