
Explore how visual storytelling uses a filmic narrative to show a main character pursuing a goal, overcoming obstacles, and attaining something needed through redemption.
Explore the redemption story model, an eight-point structure for a 60-second visual short story from exposition to redemption. This course emphasizes concise, engaging narratives built from classic plot frameworks.
Learn the redemption story model through eight plot points, including exposition, inciting incident, midpoint, and act-two climax, showing how a protagonist's value, flaw, and empathy shape the journey.
Explore the redemption story model through the eight plot points across goal, problem, and choice layers, showing how act-one-goal, crisis goal, and grand climax drive redemption.
Learn to build a filmic redemption story by outlining a self-conflicting character, high concept, theme, and premise, then craft a chronology into three acts and eight plot points.
Master the redemption story model to craft a highly dramatic visual short story with eight interconnected plot points, emotional swings, and dual climaxes that reveal a meaningful theme.
Explore the show don't tell technique in visual storytelling by comparing tell only, tell and show, and show only, and learn when exposition enhances or replaces dialogue.
Learn to map story beats to short, present-tense action lines in a story outline, then translate them into storyboard thumbnails and a final storyboard for visual storytelling.
Explore the three engagement strategies: surprise, mystery, and suspense, and examine how restricted and omniscient narration guide audience experience in filmic storytelling.
Apply the two filmic narration modes and three engagement strategies to the very fishy cat story, examining how restricted narration delivers surprise and mystery, while omniscient narration creates suspense.
Explore how a good visual story is well told to reveal truth, encourage redemption, and urge viewers to act toward a better world.
What is “Mastery of Visual Short Story“ course about?
This story pilot course is about acquiring the knowledge of The Creation and The Telling of the Visual short Story.
Why the “Mastery of Visual Short Story“ course ?
Stories are very powerful tool. If it is used in a proper way, it can entertain us, educate and transform our mind. It can change a person. This course advocates the meaning in stories changes our minds. This course attempt to help you create and deliver meaningful and engaging stories to the audience.
What kind of materials are included?
1. A series of video tutorials
2. Downloadable PDF files that contain add-on essentials.
How long to complete?
The knowledge base is less than 2 hours to complete. The practice will depends on individual's learning pace.
How is this course structured?
It is mainly a conceptual learning experience whereby you will acquire the basic knowledge through viewing the videos. The series of video tutorials flows in an orderly manner to lead you to the completion. You can also jump start to your preferred stage at any time. The add-on essentials are related knowledge that will further explain terminology mentioned in the videos.
What is the knowledge workflow?
This course is break into 2 parts.
The Creation of the Visual short Story
The Telling of the Visual short Story
What is the assessment method?
Multiple choice question quiz to ensure basic essentials acquired.
What is that again?
Important thing is to immerse yourself in this amazing experience of story creation and storytelling experience ! Enjoy and embrace it !