CHAPTER 10 Practice, Not Theory

Think about visual structure, but more importantly, use it. The graphs link story structure and visual structure together. Now, you must select the correct visual components and create the best visual structure for your production. This requires a point-of-view.

Point-of-View

The term point-of-view has a variety of meanings. Often it refers to the angle of the camera, but in this book point-of-view refers to the way that the author wants the audience to feel emotionally about the subject or story.

For example, if a writer creates a detective, the story will be written with a particular point-of-view in mind. Some examples of a point-of-view are:

  • Detective as an intellectual, puzzle solving genius (Sherlock Holmes) ...

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