How films have changed the way stories are told
In 1878 Leland Stanford created the first film called “horse in motion.” Stanford wanted to see if a horse ever had all of its hooves off the ground at one time while running or not. Now granted this film was in black and white with no sound, but for the first time ever someone’s experience could be reenacted visually. Fast forward a hundred and forty six years and we have 3d I MAX movies with surround sound in high definition. During this drastic change in film making over the years, films have changed the way an audience experiences a story both visually and audibly.
Ever since the Stone Age we as humans have told stories. What we see, hear and feel are processed into thoughts and then told as stories. Music, poetry, theater, and painting are all methods that we express our stories through. Shakespeare was a famous writer during the 1600’s and his work still survives to this day. In 1968 the film “All's Well That Ends Well” was introduced to the public. This was the first of many films which allowed Shakespeare’s work to be enjoyed through this newly developing form of storytelling.
Many will argue that a movie doesn't depict a book or play as well as the written material due to time limitations, yet as the old saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
The visual stimulant of a video allows the writer (or director) to accurately define their story. The creative aspect of film making is almost limitless now with how advanced special effects are. This allows for monsters and aliens to appear life like in films or giants to be the size of a skyscraper. We the viewers are spoiled with movies since it requires a miniscule amount of imagination to watch a video when reading a book your imagination is endless.
The newest form of storytelling incorporates Trans media. The art of tying multiple forms of media into one storyline. It started with putting the jokers face on money and posters, then led to a website based game. This brought this story into the real world and ended up bringing in ten million players. Along the way packages were left all over the world for these players to find with hidden messages, and sometimes included cell phones for the “joker” to communicate with them directly. All this was based off of a single movie. This story was able to inspire 10 million people not just nationwide, but worldwide.
This ability to reach anyone and everyone worldwide is what makes films such a great form of storytelling. It doesn’t have to be passed from person to person through words and keeps its meaning even years after it is produced. Many view that movies have corrupted the art of storytelling, but I beg to differ. Films have influenced how its audience experiences a story visually and audibly and has helped in distributing stories for many years to come.
In 1878 Leland Stanford created the first film called “horse in motion.” Stanford wanted to see if a horse ever had all of its hooves off the ground at one time while running or not. Now granted this film was in black and white with no sound, but for the first time ever someone’s experience could be reenacted visually. Fast forward a hundred and forty six years and we have 3d I MAX movies with surround sound in high definition. During this drastic change in film making over the years, films have changed the way an audience experiences a story both visually and audibly.
Ever since the Stone Age we as humans have told stories. What we see, hear and feel are processed into thoughts and then told as stories. Music, poetry, theater, and painting are all methods that we express our stories through. Shakespeare was a famous writer during the 1600’s and his work still survives to this day. In 1968 the film “All's Well That Ends Well” was introduced to the public. This was the first of many films which allowed Shakespeare’s work to be enjoyed through this newly developing form of storytelling.
Many will argue that a movie doesn't depict a book or play as well as the written material due to time limitations, yet as the old saying goes “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
The visual stimulant of a video allows the writer (or director) to accurately define their story. The creative aspect of film making is almost limitless now with how advanced special effects are. This allows for monsters and aliens to appear life like in films or giants to be the size of a skyscraper. We the viewers are spoiled with movies since it requires a miniscule amount of imagination to watch a video when reading a book your imagination is endless.
The newest form of storytelling incorporates Trans media. The art of tying multiple forms of media into one storyline. It started with putting the jokers face on money and posters, then led to a website based game. This brought this story into the real world and ended up bringing in ten million players. Along the way packages were left all over the world for these players to find with hidden messages, and sometimes included cell phones for the “joker” to communicate with them directly. All this was based off of a single movie. This story was able to inspire 10 million people not just nationwide, but worldwide.
This ability to reach anyone and everyone worldwide is what makes films such a great form of storytelling. It doesn’t have to be passed from person to person through words and keeps its meaning even years after it is produced. Many view that movies have corrupted the art of storytelling, but I beg to differ. Films have influenced how its audience experiences a story visually and audibly and has helped in distributing stories for many years to come.