Use this site to mark events in a timeline as you watch JAWS

Click here to follow the timed plot point events of JAWS as you watch the Movie.

We will watch the first part of Jaws today, then part two next week.

Three Act Structure

A simple web resource explaining the basic three act structure

A useful diagram showing the key stages of the three act structure in stories

And one more web-based overview of this structural tool

Chris Volger discusses "Hero's Journey" on you tube

Click here to view Chris Vogler discussing the Hero's Journey on youtube.

He uses the Matrix to illustrate Joseph Campbell's main 'monomyth' idea.

The Hero's Journey as a diagram

Click here to see a diagram of the hero's journey

DVDs to look at for storytelling/storyboarding

Look for DVDs with bonus extras which include details of writing and storyboarding for these titles:


Heat - interviews with the writer

Psycho - interviews with the writer, many prod. illustrations, storyboard info etc

Jaws - excellent storyboards in 'bonus extras'

Alien

Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal

Seven

X-Men (animatic shot-by-shot comparison)

HULK (Ang Lee version)

Godzilla (US 1998 version)

Vertigo

North by Northwest

The Matrix

Star Wars The Clone Wars

Star Wars The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

The Towering Inferno

Taxi Driver (Scorsese's own storyboards)

Blade Runner

Monsters Inc

IDST145 Syllabus online

Click here to view the IDST145 Syllabus online

Storyboard Links

A wikipedia entry on storyboarding

Stanley Kubrick Multimedia Film Guide

The Kubrick Site

Shower Scene from "Psycho" with Saul Bass Storyboards

Story Structure Case Study Analysis - "Jaws" done with Lego figures

"Three Act Structure" lecture site by Stephen J Cannel

Wired Magazine article on previsualization used on Speilberg's "War of the Worlds" to save time

Wikipedia Entry on Monomyth (AKA "The Hero's Journey")

Hero's Journey Comparison - "Star Wars" & "The Matrix"

Hello - I'm David Cox

My name is David Cox and I'll be your instructor for IDST120 this Spring 2009 semester at CCSF Mission Campus.

My background is in both motion picture production and videogame production. I live in the Mission area of San Francisco. I make films, write and teach at both CCSF and DeVry University Online.

My background is British/Australian, and I have been a long term visitor to the Bay Area since the early 1990s, when I first met San Francisco film makers at a film festival in Europe.

My own work can be viewed here: http://www.davidcoxfilms.blogspot.com

Academic Computing Resource Center Details

Click here to see the opening hours, location details etc of the Academic Computing Resource Center (ACRC) at Ocean Campus. NB this lab does not have storyboarding software installed, rather the main generic multimedia applications (Adobe CS3, Final Cut Pro etc)

Welcome to Storytelling & Storyboarding for Multimedia

This course is designed to aid the student in the generation and development of content for their media projects. By referencing and using traditional storytelling methods, personal writing, script writing techniques and exercises in and outside of the classroom, the student will explore multiple ways to generate and script content. Emphasis put on development of skills and techniques of storyboarding as well as in the use of dedicated storyboarding software.