Online Spring 2024 Session

REGISTRATION DEADLINE :
March 25th, 2024

SESSION STARTS:
April 8th, 2024

STORY: INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL STORYTELLING

Hyein Park

Director, Story Supervisor, Story Artist, Pixar Animation Studios

Length of Workshop: 10 weeks. Once a week.
Days: Mondays starting April 9th, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm pacific time *Special Time
Tuition: $1,600 (Includes a $200 non-refundable registration fee)
Prerequisite: none

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to Visual Storytelling will instill the necessary fundamental skills and knowledge to become a professional story artist. We will study the grammar of the film language and expand your visual narrative toolbox.

The goal of Introduction to Visual Storytelling includes storyboarding from script pages, storyboarding from experience, explorational story development sketches, and pitching to the class. 

CURRICULUM:

  • Elements and principles of Art in visual storytelling (Composition Study)
  • Creating storytelling characters
  • Drawing exercises for better Storyboarding
  • Storyboarding techniques (drawing tricks, process, pitching)
  • Camera language 
  • Character-Driven Dialogue Sequence (20 – 50 boards, two week assignment)
  • Action Sequence (20 – 50 boards, two week assignment)
  • Personal Story (20- 50 boards, two week assignment)
  • Student’s Choice (20- 50 boards, two week assignment)

PREREQUISITE:

No prerequisite is required, though Story: Fundamentals of Story is highly recommended.

 *Introduction to Visual Storytelling is limited to 10 students to allow for maximum individualized focus. We encourage a comfortable, collaborative environment so that students can learn from their own assignments, the critiques of others’, instructor demos, lectures, and guest speakers.