Storyboarding

AY2014/2015 Semester 1

This course will introduce to the student the skills needed to sketch out the narrative and formal flow of an animation using a storyboard. They will be shown how to present local issues such as framing, camera movement, character movement and key visual essentials within the larger structure of the entire narrative. This course will also introduce the storyboard as a thinking tool, through which creative ideas are developed and given detail. The role of the storyboard within the animation pipeline and its relevance to such things as concept development, script development, animatics and production will be covered.