Storyboards and Animatics for Entertainment and Media

ENT405 | Industry B | MON + Thurs | 7Pm-8:30pm

Instructor

Dustin d'Arnault

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This studio class prepares students with the knowledge needed to create storyboards for narrative, gameplay, pitch, and the digital graphic novel. Students will create boards which tell stories, utilize camera work, pacing, space, timing, color arcs, create moods, and later allow for their story ideas to come alive through adding sound, effects, camera movement, pans and other effects which push their boards from still images to pre-visualization production materials. The important topic of gameplay storyboarding is addressed in assignments in similar fashion, focusing students on time based gameplay as well as narrative.

Learning Objectives

The objectives in this class focus students on the skills required for time based visual narrative for film, television, video games and the digital graphic novel. Students first create narrative and gameplay sequences, and then learn the tools and practices required to add layers of effects, camera moves and pans, and audio to create content which can be used for production, marketing, and content distribution.

Learning Outcomes

The knowledge presented enables students to create simple animated storyboards which have greater impact than traditional 2D images. Students become exposed to the digital graphic novel market, and learn how basic production assets like storyboards can be used for multiple production categories, and potential revenue generating distribution.

Course Requirements

Students will be issued a syllabus that will list the goals, projected outcomes, grading system, and any other resources the instructor deems necessary. All enrolled students must have completed Entertainment A.

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All TAD classes include live demonstrations, thought provoking lectures, relevant presentations, instructor and peer feedback and critique, with a conscious effort made for content appropriate for artists of all skill levels and trades, and applicable to the freelance artist as well as the corporate visual communicator.

All TAD classes are streamed live and then available 24 hours a day to students On Demand, enabling a fully flexible schedule for viewing the classes and getting the direct and personal feedback required to be successful. Live classes are scheduled according to Central Standard Time (CST), adjusted for Daylight Savings Time (CDT) during the summer months.