Using live action clips as a foundation for study, this masterclass with Jericca Cleland, exposes the power of images to build story, context, and emotion and presents practical techniques for structuring visuals to support cinematic narrative. The class culminates in a detailed breakdown of a sequence to illustrate how to connect and strengthen story through every element available to us as filmmakers. Concepts in the class are directly applicable to working in any medium and any format of linear visual storytelling.