Wednesdays, 3 – 4 p.m. (Interactive asynchronous Canvas content supported by weekly Zoom meetings)
Instructor:  Deon Robinson 
Ten-Week Course (30-Hour Equivalent)
Credit: Non-Credit or 1.0 Undergraduate Credit (See Below)

Bring your film or animation ideas to life through the practice of storyboarding!  Plan composition, movement, time passage, and dialogue in sequential drawings to shape your story, shot-by-shot.  Learn how to visually communicate ideas through perspective, value, and color and to create clear narratives through impactful staging and composition. Projects will guide you through visualizing scripts (open-source material or your own screenplays) to generate breakdowns and shot lists.  Topics include narrative lighting and screen studies, drawing static and moving shots, framing camera heights and angles, and developing roughs to finished storyboards.  Discussions will address storyboard applications in a variety of art and design fields.  This class is professional practices-driven but is open to students of all levels. Imagery may be generated through digital or traditional media, but a printer is required. 

Learning Objectives 

• Students will use the creative process and terminology of design and cinematography to analyze and create effective storyboards. 
• Students will use perspective to establish point-of-view in order to develop proper staging in the framing of their compositions. 
• Students will use dramatic lighting and composition to illustrate mood in their narratives. 
• Students will diagram and use camera angles, framing height and movement in their storyboards to convey screen logic. 
• Students will use breakdowns and shot lists to sufficiently analyze and interpret the written word as visual storyboards. 
• Students will communicate ideas and research through professionally-presented storyboards. 

Optional: This course is available for 1.0 undergraduate credit for $595. Select credit option with price adjustment when registering. 

Register by: September 27 

Materials List 

Fall 2024 CE Policy Guide, including withdrawal/refund policies

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