Marshall and Stan discuss the importance of cinematic perspective in storytelling, emphasizing how camera placement, movement, lighting, and color can influence the audience's emotions and perceptions. By manipulating these elements, artists can create dynamic and engaging narratives. They also touched on the contrast between continuity and dialectic approaches in film editing, using examples from classic and modern films to illustrate how these techniques enhance storytelling.
Show Links (some contain affiliate links):
The Perspective Course
Marvel's The Art of Storytelling
Cody Shank
Sergei Eisenstein
Vsevolod Pudovkin
The Kuleshov Effect
Storytelling - Draftsmen S3E32
Storytelling Lessons from The Simpsons
Books:
Tongue Twisters by Alvin Schwartz
The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers, AKA The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Where’s Waldo by Martin Handford
Understanding Movies by Louis Giannetti
Thank You For Arguing by Jay Heinrichs
Movies:
Ben-Hur (1925)
The Bear (2022 - Present)
Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)
Toy Story (1995)
M*A*S*H (1970)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Back to the Future (1985)
Memento (2000)
Betrayal (1983)
Cast Away (2000)
Network (1976)
The Social Network (2010)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Hangover (2009)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
Midnight Run (1988)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Ordinary People (1980)