Academic Catalog 2016–2017

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VIS711 Storyboarding

[2–2, 3 cr.]

This studio course explores the first step in visual storytelling to facilitate the passage from verbal text to visual communication. Students will learn techniques in structuring ideas to communicate stories. This course will help students address various aspects in visual narration such as design, pacing, style and balance in word/image relationships. This course will be taught through a series of projects and critiques that include storyboarding or visually organizing a story for a variety of contexts.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Structure ideas into communicative stories
  • Translate scripts into visual outcomes
  • Analyze researched contexts for visual narratives
  • Design storyboards that consider composition, pace, style and verbal/visual balance