VISUAL STORYTELLING

When I think of visual story telling, I think of any sort of sensory accoutrements that create specific feelings in the viewer. While there are many examples of such tools, music is arguably the most effective. It can be used to set an initial tone/mood, then build suspense, then finally change apropos to signify the apogee of the plot. While music is perhaps the most widely used vibe augmenter in the world of modern film, there are many other viable techniques on that populous planet. Everything from the setting of the scene (i.e. place, time, weather, props included, etc.), to clever character interaction (such as a properly placed and well executed repartee), to details as minute as the angle of the camera all have a significant impact on the overall effect. There is no need to bicker about which elements are most important, however. In fact, contretemps between even the most disparate elements are fairly uncommon--these elements must be carefully coalesced in order to create a true master piece. Even somewhat licentious scenes containing nudity, and other components that are dogmatically frowned upon by people of "unimpeachable moral integrity", can be extremely beneficial when it comes to culling in viewers and helping them cross their usual metes. Some degree of probity must still be retained, of course; the last thing producers want is for their product to be effectively truncated by polemics complaining of noxious, overly graphic material. The goal is to attain complexity, while avoiding the convolution that may sometimes supervene when too many conflicting elements are present.