ILL-269: Storyboarding for Animation

Department
Credits 3
Instructional Method
Academic Level
Take a deep dive into the fundamentals of storyboarding for animation. Each week we will unpack an aspect of the process to tell great stories with memorable characters and situations: visual storytelling, character development, screenwriting basics, basic rules of cinematography, staging, acting, how to generate a ton of ideas, the flexibility to evolve, and collaboration. Assignments will include generating ideas, creating situations for stories, thumbnailing, beatboards, storyboarding entire sequences, working from script pages, pitching sequences, and addressing notes.
Requisites
Take ILL-275 4th Term Portfolio Review OR ILL-300 5th Term
Portfolio Review
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ILL-307 Action Analysis