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Not available for purchase in India
This course is an introduction to the methods of cinematic storytelling, with an emphasis on visual grammar and techniques, taught by CCA Instructor and seasoned veteran of Lucasfilm and Pixar, Craig Good. Students will learn story structure, and how to develop written or spoken ideas into a clear dramatic narrative arc, and how to edit and juxtapose images to create a clear and emotionally engaging result for live action film and animation. They will also learn how collaboration and the ability to show work in progress, giving and getting notes from peers, makes everybody’s work better.
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Craig Good worked over 30 years at Pixar, starting at Lucasfilm in 1982. He did a little of everything in the old days, and in the last half of his tenure specialized in virtual camera operation. He wrote the screenplay for the first Pixar University live-action short, Violet, co-directed the short Calendar Confloption, and did executive producer like duties on a few more shorts. He has provided voices for several films including Toy Story and Cars. His voice is still the one you hear on Pixar’s phone system. He now produces audiobooks and podcasts, edits and restores audio, does content editing, and both teaches and performs improv, in addition to teaching Visual Storytelling at CCA.
Christian Roman is a story artist with over 20 years of experience in all facets of animation production, such as character layout and simple animation, character design, storyboarding, timing, directing, all the way up to executive producing a television series. He also designed the main characters and directed all 26 episodes of Disney's Fillmore!. Before Disney, he was a storyboard artist and storyboard supervisor on The Simpsons, during which time he wrote 'How to Storyboard The Simpsons Way'. He graduated from Boston University College of Fine Arts in 1991 with a degree in painting. He is currently a story artist at Pixar.
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