SHAHR-E SUKHTEH

3,000 B.C.

 

 

 

A bronze-age pottery bowl depicts goats leaping

VIRTUAL MAN

1500 A.D.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.

MAGIC LANTERN

Early 16 C

THAUMATROPE

Early 18 C

PHENAKISTOSCOPE

Early 18 C

ZOETROPE

MID 18 C

FlipBook

Post 18 C

In1906 J. Stuart Blackton made the First animated film

• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces

In 1911 Winsor McCay is the first to use a process called Keyframe Animation

• Little Nemo

In 1914 First film combine live-action footage with hand-drawn animation 

• Gertie the Dinosaur

In 1928 The first Disney cartoon is released which features

synchronized sound effects

• Steamboat Willie

In 1937 The first-ever cel-animated full length, full- colour feature is released by Disney

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

In 1995 First ever full-length CG feature film

• Toy Story

In 2001 The film is the first to attempt photo-realistic synthetic

humans in CG

• Final Fantasy The Spirits Within

The way of storytelling

• Have an Enemy and a Hero

1. Stories need a good guy and a bad guy.

• Conflict Situations

1. Conflict is how the friction between the enemy and hero manifests.

• Mine your personal experiences

1. Whether or not you are telling a real story directly based on personal experience, you can always look to your life for inspiration when coming up with new stories.

• Add Surprise

1. A story with no surprises is boring.

• Engage your audience

1. Great storytelling requires you to connect with your audience, but much of how you captivate your audience depends upon the mode of storytelling you’re using.

• Visual connection

1. There’s a reason children’s storybooks are mostly pictures, and that so many of the greatest stories ever told have been made into movies.

What makes a good story?

• Dramatic content (Conflict, Tension, Surprise, Extraordinary characters or character behavior, Controversy, Mystery Suspense)
• Theme: central topic, Subject.
• The plot is most often about a conflict or struggles that the main character goes through.
• Story Structure At the beginning, jump right into the action. In the end, wind up the story quickly.
• Characters Before you start writing, know your characters well.
• Setting Set your story in a place and time that will be interesting or familiar.
• Point-of-view To figure out point-of-view, ask yourself “Whose story is it?”
• Style and Tone Use language that feels right for your story.

Story types

1. Fiction stories – Fiction stories are based on made-up or imaginary events.

• Fairy tales
• Folklore
• Mythology
• Legends
• Epics
• Dramas
• Adventure stories
• Historical fiction
• Fantasy
• Science-fiction
• Love stories
• Horror stories
• Bedtime stories

Character Roles in Stories

• Protagonist: The main character of the story is the protagonist.
• Antagonist: The villain of the story is the antagonist Love interest: The love interest is the protagonist’s object of desire.
• Confidant: This type of character is the best friend or sidekick of the protagonist.
• Deuteragonists: These characters often overlap with confidants. A deuteragonist is close to the main character, but the story’s main plot does not directly correspond with their own character arc.
• Tertiary characters: Tertiary characters populate the world of the story but do not necessarily link to the main storyline.
• Foil: A foil character primarily exists to bring the protagonist’s qualities into sharper relief.