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Storyboarding
Program Overview

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Beginner Program  101
 
       


   WEEK 1

•  What are Storyboards? Brief History
•  Purpose of Storyboards
•  Storyboard Formats
•  Storyboarding Terms & Labelling
•  Types of Shots - Why We Use Them
•  Types of Angles - What They Mean
•  Studies from Reference
•  Staging
•  Quick Character Doodles

   WEEK 2

•  Posing
•  Line of Action
•  Gestures
•  Acting and Character Performance
•  Emotions
•  Simple Action Doodles
•  Beat Boards

   WEEK 3

•  Composition
•  Rule of Thirds
•  Rhythm & Flow
•  Eye Direction
•  Studies from Reference
•  Project 1:
    Storyboard an Event From Your Past


   WEEK 4
•  Critique Student Work
•  The 180 Degree Rule
•  Axis Crossing 1
•  Moving Camera
•  Studies from Reference

   WEEK 5

•  Cutting - What Motivates a Cut
•  Continuity - Match Cuts
•  Transitions
•  Script Analysis
•  Project 2:
    One Character Storyboard


   WEEK 6

•  Critique Student Work
•  Clean Up Boards
•  Interior & Exterior Perspective Drawing
•  Objects and Character
•  Studies from Reference

   WEEK 7
•  Creating Depth in Framing Shots
•  Foreground, Background & Middle Ground
•  Multi Plane
•  Studies from Reference
•  Project 3:
    Two Character Storyboard

   WEEK 8
•  Critique Student Work
•  Axis Crossing 2 - Neutral Camera
•  Three Character Interactions
•  Moving Subjects -
    Maintaining Screen Direction
•  Project 4:
    Beat Board Rough
    Complex Storyboard with Action & Dialogue

   WEEK 9
•  Critique Student Work
•  Script Breakdown
•  Pitching the Board
•  Project 5:
    Final Clean of Beat Board
•  Feedback & Critique


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Instructor:
Cilbur Rocha