Main Film Genres Genre Sub-Sections Film Genres Overview | Main Film Genres | Film Sub-Genres | Film Sub-Genres Types (and Hybrids) | Other Major Film Categories Best Pictures - Genre Biases | Summary of Top Films by Genre | Top 100 Films by Genre | AFI's Top 10 Film Genres Filmmaking Guide: Visualizing Your Shots for an Amateur 2D Animation Project The Internet offers a number of accessible tutorials that can effectively teach amateur moviemakers the technical side of computer animation. However, the creative component involved in making an animation is not as widely discussed in cyberspace as the technical aspects of making one. If you're a newbie animator, you should never overlook this crucial part of filmmaking. Your storytelling style should combine both the technical and creative aspects of film production. Advantage of 2D Over 3D Before starting your amateur 2D project, you must first acknowledge how 2D computer animation is different from 3D computer-generated imagery (CGI). Advantage of 3D Over 2D 3D CGI makes it faster and more convenient to move the visual elements on screen, as long as everything is already properly modeled and rigged. For example, a 3D movie's landscape shot of a castle can easily move closer into a tight shot of one of its windows. Technical and Creative Decisions
Why the Jaws beach scene is one of the best in movie history It takes a lot of work to make something look so effortless. That's the takeaway from Julian Palmer, the creative director for 1848 Media, a video production company. Palmer explains in a video breakdown how director Steven Spielberg uses things like the color yellow, staging, scale, and camera angles to tell a story. It's all there in the beach scene in Jaws. Story-wise, the beach scene is simple. Here are some of Palmer's main points about Spielberg's style: There are elements like the repeated use of yellows — on a mother's hat, on a boogie board, on a buoy — that instill a sinking feeling in an audience.The boy's shorts are red, making you think of blood.There's a shot of the film's hero, Sheriff Brody, with the crowd moving toward the water behind him. All these elements work in unison to create the feeling of fear that dominates the scene. In a sense, Palmer's insight gives a whole new appreciation to that specific scene.