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Visual Story Telling Map by Jake Parker
The Known World of Visual Storytelling
The landscape of visual storytelling has always been a vast and evolving frontier. History tells us how stories were told visually through cave paintings, then carvings, followed by etchings on primitive tablets, and eventually masterpieces painted on canvas. Great strides were made with the advent of print technology and it opened the door to the mass consumption of stories being told through pictures. From print it evolved to moving pictures, then television, and now video games. (I know video games are just structured play time, but most tell stories and as such are an outlet for the visual storyteller.)
The visual storyteller; part artist, part writer. Some favor the visual, others favor the word, but all of them convey their story using visual means. For the last 100 years the there has been more opportunities open to the visual storyteller then at any time previous in the history of mankind. Consider the talents who could not illustrate, but mastered photography. Or those who’s written word was lacking, but brilliantly captured their stories on the screen. The geniuses who could combine their own drawings with with their own words in picture books, comic strips, and graphic novels. And the illustrators who spoke volumes with deft strokes of paint. Had they been born in any previous century the world would’ve been denied their visions.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Steven Spielberg’s Curriculum
This is currently being circulated on Twitter, and comes in via Nate Winslow. He claims that it's a list of 206 movies unofficially referred to as the "Spielberg Curriculum" that all filmmakers must see if they want to work with him. You can check the whole thing out here in a Google Doc if you want.
Movies highlighted in yellow are available to watch on Netflix Instant Streaming
- 12 Angry Men Sidney Lumet Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda
- 2001 Stanley Kubrick Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood
- 400 Blows Francios Truffaut Jean-Pierre Leaud
- 8 1/2 Federico Fellini Marcello Mastroianni
- Adam's Rib George Cukor Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
- Alfie Lewis Gilbert Michael Caine, Shelley Winters
- Al Capone Richard Wilson Rod Steiger
- All About Eve Joseph Mankiewicz Anne Baxter, Bette Davis
- All That Jazz Bob Fosse Jessica Lange, Roy Scheider
- American In Paris Vincent Minnelli Gene Kelly
- And Justice For All Norman Jewison Al Pacino, Lee Strasberg
- Annie Hall Woody Allen Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
- Apartment, The Billy Wilder Jack Lemmon, Shirley McLaine
- Apocalypse Now Francis Coppola Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen
- All/Presidents Men Alan Pakula Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
- Baby Doll Elia Kazan Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
- Bang/Drum Slowly John Hancock Robert DeNiro, Michael Moriarty
- Barefoot In/Park Gene Saks Jane Fonda, Robert Redford
- Battleship Potemkin Sergei Eisenstein Vladimir Barsky
- Belle De Jour Luis Bunuel Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel
- Best Years/Lives William Wyler Fredric March, Harold Russell
- Big Sleep, The Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- Bicycle Thief Vittorio de Sica Lamberto Maggiorani
- Big Chill, The Lawrence Kasdan Goldblum, Hurt, Kline, Close
- Birds, The Alfred Hitchcock Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor
- Body Heat Lawrence Kasdan William Hurt, Kathleen Turner
- Bonnie & Clyde Arthur Penn Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
- Breakfast/Tiffany's Blake Edwards Audrey Hepburn, Mickey Rooney
- Breathless Jean Luc Goddard Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Segal
- Bridge/River Kwai David Lean Alec Guiness, William Holden
- Brief Encounter David Lean Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
- Bringing Up Baby Howard Hawks Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn
- Bullitt Peter Yates Steve McQueen
- Butch/Sundance George Roy Hill Paul Newman, Robert Redford
- Cape Fear J. Lee Thompson Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
- Casablanca Michael Curtiz Bergman, Bogart
- Celebration, The Thomas Vinterberg
- Champ, The Franco Zeffirelli Jon Voight
- Charade Stanley Donen Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn
- Chase, The Arthur Penn Brando, Duvall, Redford
- Children/Paradise Marcel Came Etienne Decroux, Arletty
- Chinatown Roman Polanski Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson
- Citizen Kane Orson Welles Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles
- Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick Malcolm McDowell
- Close Encounters Steven Spielberg Richard Dreyfuss, Ted Garr
- Come Back/Sheba Daniel Mann Shirley Booth, Burt Lancaster
- Cool Hand Luke Stuart Rosenberg Paul Newman
- Conversation, The Francis Coppola Gene Hackman
- Day/Earth/Still Robert Wise Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe
- Days/Wine & Roses Blake Edwards Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick
- Deer Hunter, The Michael Cimino DeNiro, Walken, Streep
- Dog Day Afternoon Sidney Lumet John Cazale, Al Pacino
- Double Indemnity Billy Wilder Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck
- Doctor Zhivago David Lean Julie Christie, Omar Sharif
- East of Eden Elia Kazan James Dean, Jo Harris
- Exorcist,The William Friedkin Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller
- Face In The Crowd Elia Kazan Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau
- Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson Karen Black, Jack Nicholson
- Fly, The David Cronenberg Jeff Goldblum
- French Connection William Friedkin Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider
- French Conn. 2 John Frankenheimer Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
- From Here/Eternity Fred Zinneman Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster
- Fugitive Kind, The Sidney Lumet Marlon Brando
- Gaslight George Cukor Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
- General, The Buster Keaton Buster Keaton
- Gntlmn’s Agrmnt Elia Kazan John Garfield, Gregory Peck
- Giant George Stevens Dean, Hudson, Taylor
- Gone With/Wind Victor Fleming Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh
- Grand Illusion Jean Renoir Erich Von Stroheim
- Great Escape, The John Sturges Steve McQueen
- Godfather, The Francis Coppola Marlon Brando, Al Pacino
- Godfatherr II, The Francis Coppola Al Pacino, Robert De Niro
- Godfather III, The Francis Coppola Al Pacino, Andy Garcia
- Graduate, The Mike Nichols Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman
- Grapes Of Wrath John Ford Jane Darwell, Henry Fonda
- Great Santini, The Lewis John Carlino Robert Duvall
- Guess Who's… Stanley Kramer Sidney Poitier
- Guns Of Navaronne J. Lee Thompson Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn
- Heiress, The William Wyler Montgomery Clift, Olivia/Havilland
- High Noon Fred Zinneman Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly
- Hud Martin Ritt Patricia Neal, Paul Newman
- Hunter, The Buzz Kulik Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach
- Hustler, The Robert Rossen Jackie Gleason, Paul Newman
- His Girl Friday Howard Hawks Cary Grant
- Holiday George Cukor Cary Grant Katherine Hepburn
- I Confess Alfred Hitchcock Montgomery Clift, Karl Malden
- Immigrant, The Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin
- In A Lonely Place Nicolas Ray Humphrey Bogart
- In/Heat Of/Night Norman Jewison Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
- Indiscretion/Wife Vittorio de Sica Montgomery Clift Jennifer Jones
- It Happened/Night Frank Capra Claudette Colbert Clark Gable
- It's A Wonderful Life Frank Capra Jimmy Stewart
- Jdgmnt/Nuremberg Stanley Kramer Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster
- Julius Caesar Joseph Mankiewicz Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston
- Kramer Vs. Kramer Robert Benton Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
- Last Detail, The Hal Ashby Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid
- Last Picture Show Peter Bogdanovich Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shephard
- Last Tango In Paris Bernardo Bertolucci Marlon Brando
- Lawrence Of Arabia David Lean Peter O'Toole
- Little Foxes, The William Wyler Bette Davis, Teresa Wright
- Lolita Stanley Kubrick James Mason, Peter Sellers
- Lonelyhearts Vincent J. Donahue Montgomery Clift
- Long Day's Journey Sidney Lumet Katherine Hepburn, Jason Robards
- Long Hot Summer Martin Ritt Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward
- Lost In America Albert Brooks Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty
- Lost Weekend Billy Wilder Ray Milland
- Love Story Arthur Hiller Ali McGraw, Ryan O'Neal
- M Fritz Lang Peter Lorre
- Magnif. Ambersons Orson Welles Tim Holt, Orson Welles
- Magnificent Seven John Sturges Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen
- Man/Shot Liberty… John Ford Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne
- Manchurian Cand. John Frankenheimer Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra
- Marathon Man John Schlesinger Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier
- Marty Delbert Mann Ernest Borgnine
- Mean Streets Martin Scorsese Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel
- Men, The Fred Zinneman Marlon Brando
- Metropolis Fritz Lang Brigitte Heim, Theodore Loos
- Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voiqht
- Miracle/Morgan's… Preston Sturges Bobby Watson
- Misfits, The John Huston Clift, Gable, Monroe
- Mississippi Burning Alan Parker Willem Defoe, Gene Hackman
- Missouri Breaks Arthur Penn Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson
- Modern Romance Albert Brooks Albert Brooks, Bruno Kirby
- Modern Times Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin
- Mr. Smith Goes To… Frank Capra Jimmy Stewart, Claude Rains
- Mutiny/Bounty Frank Lloyd Marlon Brando
- My Fair Lady George Cukor Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn
- Nashville Robert Altman Ned Beatty, Jeff Goldblum
- National Velvet Clarence Brown Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor
- Network Sidney Lumet Faye Dunaway, William Holden
- North By Northwest Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
- Notorious Alfred Hitchcock Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant
- No Way To Treat… Jack Smight Rod Steiger
- Odd Couple, The Gene Saks Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
- On the Waterfront Elia Kazan Brando, Malden, Steiger
- One/Cuckoo's Nest Milos Foreman Jack Nicholson, Danny Divito
- One-Eyed Jacks Marlon Brando Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
- Ordinary People Robert Redford Mary Moore, Donald Sutherland
- Panic/Needle Park Jerry Schatzberg Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino
- Papillion Franklin Schaffner Dustin Hoffman, Steve McQueen
- Party, The Blake Edwards Peter Sellers
- Parallax View Alan Pakula Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn
- Patton Franklin Schaffner Karl Malden, George C. Scott
- Pawnbroker, The Sidney Lumet Rod Steiger
- Philadelphia Story Georqe Cukor Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn
- Public Enemy, The William Wellman James Cagney
- Psycho Alfred Hitchcock Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins
- Quiet Man, The John Ford John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara
- Raging Bull Martin Scorsese Robert DeNiro
- Rain People, The Francis Coppola James Caan, Robert Duvall
- Raintree County Edward Dmytryk Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
- Ramblin' Rose Martha Coolidge Laura Dern, Robert Duvall
- Real Life Albert Brooks Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin
- Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock Gace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart
- Rebel W/out Cause Nicholas Ray James Dean, Natalie Wood
- Red River Howard Hawks Montgomery Clift, John Wayne
- Reflections in a… John Huston Marlon Brando, Julie Harris
- Requiem for a… Ralph Nelson Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason
- Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon
- Runaway Train Andrei Konchalovsky Eric Roberts, Jon Voight
- Safety Last Harold Lloyd Harold Lloyd
- Sand Pebbles Robert Wise Steve McQueen
- Saturday Night Fever John Badham John Travolta
- Sayonara Joshua Logan Marlon Brando
- Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg Gene Hackman, Al Pacino
- Scarface Brian De Palma Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Scent Of A Woman Martin Brest Al Pacino
- Searchers, The John Ford John Wayne, Natalie Wood
- Serpico Sidney Lumet Al Pacino
- Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune
- Seventh Seal Ingmar Bergman Max Von Sydow
- Signal 7
- Singin' In the Rain Stanley Donen Gene Kelly, Rita Moreno
- Smiles of a… Ingmar Bergman Jarl Kulle
- Soldier In The Rain Ralph Nelson Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen
- Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
- Sound Of Music Robert Wise Julie Andrews
- Splendor/Grass Elia Kazan Warren Beatty, Natalie Wood
- Stagecoach John Ford James Mason, John Wayne
- Star Is Born William Wellman Janet Gaynor, Fredric March
- Star Wars George Lucas Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
- Streetcar/Desire Elia Kazan Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh
- Suddenly Last… Joseph Mankiewicz Clift, Hepburn, Taylor
- Sullivan's Travels Preston Sturges Veronica Lake, Joel McCrea
- Sunset Boulevard Billy Wilder William Holden, Gloria Swanson
- Sweet Bird of Youth Richard Brooks Paul Newman, Geraldine Page
- Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel
- Teahouse of the… Daniel Mann Marlon Brando
- Tender Mercies Bruce Beresford Robert Duvall
- Third Man, The Carol Reed Orson Welles
- Three Days/Condor Sidney Pollack Faye Dunaway, Robert Redford
- To Kill/Mockingbird Robert Mulligan Gregory Peck
- Tootsie Sidney Pollack Dustin Hoffman
- Tree Grows in… Elia Kazan James Dunn, Peg
- Trip To Bountiful, A Peter Masterson Geraldine Page
- Two Rode Together John Ford Jimmy Stewart
- Verdict, The Sidney Lumet Paul Newman, George Mason
- Vertigo Alfred Hitchcock Kim Novak, Jimmy Stewart
- Viva Zapata Elia Kazan Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
- Wait Until Dark Terence Young Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn
- West Side Story Jerome Robbins Rita Moreno, Natalie Wood
- White Christmas Michael Curtiz Bing Crosby
- Who's Afraid… Mike Nichols Richard Burton
- Wild One, The Laszlo Benedek Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin
- Wild River Elia Kazan Montgomery Clift
- Young Lions, The Edward Dmytryk Brando, Clift
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