Story Structure and Development: A Guide for Animators, VFX Artists, Game Designers, and Virtual Reality

Professor Craig Caldwell’s Story Structure and Development offers a clear approach to the essentials of story. It lays out the fundamental elements, principles, and structure for animators, designers, and artists so they can incorporate these concepts in their work. As a practical guide it includes extensive insights and advice from industry professionals. Readers will learn the universal patterns of story and narrative used in today’s movies, animation, games, and VR. With over 200 colorful images, this book has been designed for visual learners, and is organized to provide access to story concepts for the screen media professional and student. Readers will discover the story fundamentals referred to by every director and producer when they say "It’s all about story".

教授Craig Caldwell的《故事結構與發展》提供了一種清晰的方法來理解故事的基本要素。它介紹了動畫師、設計師和藝術家可以在他們的作品中應用這些概念的基本元素、原則和結構。作為一本實用指南，它包含了來自行業專業人士的廣泛見解和建議。讀者將學習到在當今電影、動畫、遊戲和虛擬現實中使用的故事和敘事的普遍模式。這本書有超過200張彩色圖片，專為視覺學習者設計，並且組織有助於專業人士和學生理解故事概念。讀者將發現每位導演和製片人在說“一切都是關於故事”時所指的故事基本原則。