Visual Storytelling and Storyboard

Program Type:

Thesis

Course Code:

ANID 517

Semester:

Autumn

Course Type:

Core

P:

3

Lab:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

10

Course Language:

English

Course Objectives:

Students are expected to learn about how to design written ideas in visual ways, how to apply them in the animation process, and how to create scenes in order to maintain cinematic continuity.

Course Content:

This course is aimed to introduce students to the fundamentals of visual language and how it relates to the animation world. Within this course film structure, composition and stage continuity and visual literacy knowledge is developed. Through interactive lectures, discussion, demonstration, the use of film clips and studio work, students develop their drawing skills and their ability to visualize ideas and concepts in the form of a drawn storyboard.

Teaching Methods:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Problem Solving, 4: Discussion, 5: Demonstration, 6: Group Study

Assessment Methods:

A. Presentation B. Assignment C. Practice

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Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Examines motion and visual stories, discovers new inclinations in communication and visual design domains.	1, 2, 3	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	A, B, C
Transfers visual storytelling tools, animation, and producing processes into creative projects.	1, 3, 4, 8	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	A, B, C
Conveys principles of motion pictures and visual storytelling inside all media tools with result-oriented practices; uses gathered knowledge from this course into authentic projects.	1, 2, 3, 4, 7	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	A, B, C
Establishes connections between sight and visual storytelling techniques within the practices from visual communication design domain, produces a film which contains varying artistic and technical knowledge.	1, 2, 5,7	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	A, B, C
Comprehends production processes and work-flow of an animation film and a storyboard, conveys that comprehention to a professional project.	3, 4, 8	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	A, B, C

Course Flow

COURSE FLOW
Week	Topics
1	History of storyboards in national and global scales
2	Storyboard artist’s role in animation
3	Understanding display ratios. Character pantomime and poses. Color and tone usage on a film strip. Learning storyboard techniques
4	Introduction to Storyboards (basic scripts), Filmmaking Fundamentals and storytelling applications
5	Storyboard: Preparing script for storyboard. Adapting designs for film strips. Phases of Script.
6	Scene analysis
7	Storyboard production and examples of analyses
8	Midterm
9	Layout analysis on visual storytelling
10	Structural approaches on storytelling
11	What is an animatic and how it differs from a storyboard?
12	Animatic production techniques
13	Adapting a short story for an animation film and application techniques for adaptation.
14	Producing an animation storyboard
14	Producing an animatic out of that storyboard
15	Editorial techniques on timing and visual pacing
16	Final

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Assignments
Mid-terms
Final Assignment
Total
Contribution Of Final Examination To Overall Grade
Contribution Of In-Term Studies To Overall Grade
Total

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Applies academic and technical knowledge acquired in animation design field to original projects.					X
2	Designs creative character and environment reflecting the principles of animation design.					X
3	Creates efficient animation design by using appropriate software techniques to animation field practices.					X
4	Realizes a 2 dimensional animation project including idea to distribution processes.					X
5	Produces motion pictures using 3 dimensional animation techniques.					X
6	Realizes a short film including the storyboard using visual and cinematic language.		X
7	Creates animation film embodying different artistic techniques and styles.				X
8	Applies technical, artistic and practical knowledge acquired within the program to creative sectoral projects within the frame of occupational ethics.				X
9	Collaborates with different teams and comprehend the value of interdisciplinary working by life learning awareness.			X
10	Writes an academic, original thesis by deep research contributing to animation design field.	X

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Total class hours final week included	14	3	42
Hours off-class study	14	4	56
Midterm	1	3	3
Assignment	14	1	14
Personal Assignment for Examination	2	16	32
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			150
Total Workload / 25 (h)			10
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

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