Proposing a fresh theoretical approach to the study of cinematic portrayals of the Middle Ages, this book uses both semiotics and historiography to demonstrate how contemporary filmmakers have attempted to recreate the past in a way that, while largely imagined, is also logical, meaningful, and as truthful as possible. Glossary, notes, bibliography, filmography, index Remaking the Middle Ages: The Methods of Cinema and History in Portraying the Medieval World Harty's forthcoming collection Reel Vikings: Cinematic Depictions of Medieval Scandinavia. In addition, Elliott has an essay on Asterix and the Vikings in Kevin J.
#ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS DISCUSSION MOVIE#
(I'm usually the most current when it comes to movie medievalism, and I'm not sure when it first appeared in their online catalog, as it is not linked to their "Medieval Studies" list.) Its author, Andrew Elliott, was a presenter at our medieval TV panels in 2007 and does interesting work on filmic and televisual medievalisms, and, besides the book, he also has an essay on medieval themes in the Monk television series in the collection Monk and Philosophy (Open Court, 2010) and reviewed Martha Driver and Sid Ray's collection Shakespeare and the Middle Ages: Essays on the Performance and Adaptation of the Plays with Medieval Sources or Settings for the next number of Arthuriana. My apologies for not posting on it sooner. His works as a film maker have mostly included both the design and cinematic aspects of film, taking care of frame composition, lighting and visual continuity of many key sequences in some major productions.Here's another recent book from McFarland. With an extensive experience of twenty years in feature animation, working mainly for DreamWorks and Sony Pictures, he has also been teaching drawing, illustration and visual storytelling techniques for twelve years. Spanish born Marcos Mateu Mestre is a visual concept, traditional animation layout, and graphic novel artist whose film credits include titles such as ‘Balto’, ‘The Prince of Egypt’, ‘Asterix and the Vikings’ and ‘Surf’s Up’ amongst others.
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In addition to setting up the shots, he also explains and illustrates visual character development, emotive stances and expressions along with development of the environmental setting to fully develop the visual narrative. These lessons are then applied to three diverse story lines: a train accident, a cowboy tale and bikers approaching a mysterious house. After a brief discussion on narrative art, Marcos introduces us to drawing and composing a single image, to composing steady shots to drawing to compose for continuity between all the shots. Using his experience working in the comic book industry, movie studios and teaching, Marcos introduces the reader to a step-by-step system that will create the most successful storyboards and graphics for the best visual communication.
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Marcos' artwork is fantastic and is reminiscent of John Watkiss.įramed Ink - The ultimate guide to visual storytelling! How to make the audience 'feel' the story while they are 'reading' the story.
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It features 230 black & white illustrations and 166 diagrams by the author. The book explains fundamental concepts in composition, layout, and the elements of successful visual storytelling. A clearly written instructional book for storytelling in both graphic novels and storyboards for motion pictures.