5 Films With Amazing Visual Storytelling
Visual Storytelling can be found across multiple areas. From Branding to Television, Visual Storytelling can be found aiding the audience in various ways. Sometimes however a trip to the cinema can show off some amazing visuals that inspire us in the world of Business with ways we can incorporate these Visuals ourselves. So here’s 5 Films with Amazing Visual Storytelling.Fury (2014)
A classic World War 2 Film about a Tank Crew making their way deep into enemy territory as the Second World War draws to a close. The story follows Norman Ellison, a clerk pulled off of a transport and made to join the Tank Crew of the Fury. With the casting featuring giants like Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña and Jon Bernthal. We get to see Norman evolve from the innocent and kind boy at the start of the film, to a battle hardened man, to whom warfare is second nature.
There are several moments of Visual Storytelling that the audience is greeted with throughout the movie. One scene we see Norman and a German Girl share an intimate moment. The only thing we know of being the exact same as the characters as neither speaks the other's language.
The moment for me that stands out is however at the end of the movie. At the start of the film Norman spares (or relents on shooting some young German Soldiers) which leads to the death of another Tank Crew. At the end of the Film we see Norman hiding under the wreckage of the Fury as a young German Army shines a torch underneath the Tank. The two men share a moment of staring before the German Soldier walks off, allowing Norman to live. This parallel contains no dialogue and the thoughts of the two men are displayed only on the screen.Laurel And Hardy Movies (1921 - 1929, With Sound 1928 - 1951)
A silent movie may be cheating but these movies managed to make audiences laugh endlessly at the time of release. With the lack of audio, all of the jokes and story had to be told via a completely visual medium.
Simple scenes like characters getting annoyed at each other for walking the wrong way or accidentally walking into objects. These can be seen as cheap jokes but also shows the personality of the two men, with Laurel being more dim witted but charming and Hardy being more hot headed.The Dark Crystal (1982)
There’s no one moment in the Dark Crystal that can be claimed as an amazing piece of Visual Storytelling. Rather the whole film just overflows with lore and story. Most of this being communicated to the audience, entirely through Visual Cues.
The Story follows Jen, a Gelfing who was adopted and raised by the wise urRu or Mystiques after his clan was destroyed during a conflict known as the Garthim War. We soon learn that this destruction was caused by an Evil Race known as the Skeksis.
We are introduced to this world with a shot of the evil rocky and cold Skeksis Palace, showing off a charred and broken landscape under stormy skies. The fact that much of the film was originally supposed to be exclusively shown in Fantasy Languages with only a few characters speaking English, shines through in various moments. You can almost feel the world in every scene, the fear and hope of various characters.
Dark Crystal is an astounding example of Visual Storytelling, Storytelling, Character Building and World Building, definitely worth a place on this list.The Time Machine (1960)
Based on the H.G.Wells book of the same name, the Time Machine depicts a world in which, in the far future, mankind has divided into two species, the peace-loving vegetarian Eloi, and the Underground-Dwelling Morlocks who feast on the Eloi.
The story focuses on an Inventor called Goerge and him using his time machine to travel to said future. The scene really shows off the films Visual Communication is early on in the film. When Goerge uses the time machine we see his world shift and change. There are some small pauses as he visits different periods of the future but the passing of time is shown in an amazing series of Visuals. Given the time period the film was released, it is incredibly spectacular to see.Jaws (1975)
Everyone knows or has seen Jaws. It is one of Spielberg's best films, based off of the 1974 Novel of the same name. The Visual Storytelling in this film is simple, although it does tie in somewhat with the soundtrack of the movie.
You see whenever Jaws is about to appear or attack, the colour yellow will appear somewhere on the screen. This is also accompanied by the Jaws theme playing. Later films however were not able to capture the same horrorful awe of the original.