Course Title: DIG1430 Storyboarding
Prof. Cesar Santalo
Lecture Days and Time: Wed
5:40 p.m – 8:10 p.m.
Class Location: Wolfson Campus/Magic Lab - Bldg. 8
Course Email: csantalo1@gmail.com
Course Website: http://dig143.blogspot.com - DIG1430
Program: Animation & Game Art
Term: Spring 2019 : 01/9/2019
Credits: 3 Credits
Pre/co-requisite: DIG1437
Narrative Storytelling
Office Hours
Tuesday 6:00 p.m – 7:00
p.m
Course Description
DIG1430 is for students majoring in Animation and Game Art,
introduces the necessary tasks in the storytelling phase of an animation
project. Students learn how to develop and design visual storyboards.
Course
Competency
Competency 1: The student will demonstrate how to construct storyboards as a brief
form of storytelling by:
a. Creating digital images to
represent various scenes.
b. Sequencing scenes in an
orderly manner to create a narrative.
c. Creating a narrative with
beginning, middle and end and including conflict.
Competency 2: The Student will demonstrate how to create illustrative sequences by:
a. Translating gestures and
emotions into still digital images.
b. Creating logical sequences
to portray a character’s emotional state.
c. Create logical sequencing
to portray continuity.
Competency 3: The student will demonstrate how to create the mechanics of storyboarding
by:
a. Adding character, object and
background.
b. Utilizing movement indicators
to specify actions.
Competency 4: The student will demonstrate knowledge of camera angles and terminology
conducive to storyboard and film making by:
a. Portraying different camera
angles.
b. Indicating movement of
camera throughout the sequences.
c. Indicating camera cuts and
scene transitions.
Competency 5: The student will demonstrate knowledge of storyboard narrative by:
a. Pairing dialogue with
digital images.
b. Writing the actions of each
board, complementing the digital images.
c. Indicating placement of
sound effects and original music.
Books & Materials
RECOMMENDED:
The
Art of the Storyboard: A Filmmaker's Introduction
by John Hart
Series:
Classroom in a Book
Publisher:
Focal Press; 2 edition (September 24, 2007)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
0240809602
ISBN-13:
978-0240809601
REQUIRED:
Students should bring a
portable USB hard drive or thumb drive (If you are on a Mac user, format to
Fat32) for data storage. All files saved on the desktop of the lab computers
will be deleted periodically without prior notice. So please have your own
media storage devices ready to backup your files.
Attendance Policy: Weekly attendance and participation is mandatory. In the
event of an absence, the student should communicate the reason for his/her
absence to the professor
in writing (note or email) and
collaborate with other students to obtain discussion information, notes, or
assignments. If a student is absent, he/she is still responsible for all
material given through lectures, assignments, in the labs, etc. The student is
still required to take any upcoming test or evaluation on the date given.
Emergency situations should be documented by signed official certificates. More than 3
absences (excused or unexcused) may result in an instructor drop.
Tardy Policy: Students who arrive to class late disrupt both the professor
and other students. We all deal with heavy traffic and emergencies. Please make
sure that you plan for unexpected delays. Start early. You know that parking is
limited and that you will have a problem finding a space to park. If you arrive
late to class, enter the classroom silently, and do not bother other students
by asking what we are doing.
NO
FOOD OR DRINKS IN THE COMPUTER LAB
Cell Phones: Cell phones are very convenient and are part of modern life;
however, there is a time and a place for everything. The classroom is not the
time nor the place for cell phones. Make sure your phone is turned to silent
during class. If you receive a call that is urgent, please leave the classroom,
and do not interrupt the class. No texting in class.
Honor Code: Academic honesty should be a part of each student's personal
integrity. Each student is expected to abide by the college's honor code which
strictly prohibits cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic
misconduct. Students who are caught exhibiting any form of academic misconduct
will receive a F on the assignment/ test/ project and will be subject to
review by the college administration.
Please acquaint yourself
with the Miami Dade College's resources on academic honesty.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Statement: Students who have a disability that might
affect their performance in the class are encouraged to contact Access
Services, in confidence, as soon as possible. The office will aid in
appropriate accommodations for the student. This is in accordance with Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the American with Disabilities Act of
1990. Please inform me during the first week of classes if you need special
accommodations due to a disability that might otherwise affect your performance
in our class.
Students
Rights and Responsibilities Handbook:
http://www.mdc.edu/policy/student_rights_and_responsibilities.pdf
Computer
Issues:
Occasionally, problems do arise. Files can be
accidentally erased, disks can be corrupted, networks can crash, and computers
can crash.
Be prepared! Backup all files. Hard drives and
USB thumb drives are cheap. Time is not.
Contacting the Instructor
You are welcome to give me
feedback about the course, to ask a question about an assignment, to share an
interesting article or resource, to report that you will be absent from a
class/lab, to request additional time for an assignment (because of significant
health, personal, or educational matter), or similar communication.
Breakdown
of Letter Grades
This course is comprised of smaller technical
assignments and larger projects. Assignments, workshops, and class
participation are weighted at 50% MidTerm is weighted at 25%, and Final is
weighted at 25%. Assignment grades are generally graded as complete /
incomplete / no submission. Your grade for individual projects will be an
evaluation of creativity AND craftsmanship. Creativity is your individual and
unique approach to the assignment. Craftsmanship is your level of mastery of
the technical aspects of digital art, including presentation. Other factors
that will affect your grade include participation in class discussions, ability
to respond to criticism and relate to suggestions for improvement to your work.
Active participation in class can raise your grade. Extra Credit is available
upon request.
Project
Grades:
A = Superior – The grade A indicates that
work surpasses expectations for the assignment, that critique participation is
exceptional, often leading discussions with full interest in other students’
ideas and work.
B = Above Average – The grade B indicates that
work is extraordinary and goes beyond the minimal requirements of an
assignment, that critique participation is exemplary and fully respectful of
other students’ ideas.
C = Average – The grade C indicates that work
is completed as assigned, that participation in the critique is regular and
fully respectful of other students’ ideas.
D = Below Average – The grade D indicates that work
is completed, but is not completed as assigned, that participation in critique
is sporadic or minimal.
F = Failure – The grade F indicates that work
is not completed as assigned and that there is minimal or no participation in
the assignment critique.
Grading Scale
90-100% =
A
80-89% =
B
70-79% =
C
60-69% =
D
Below 60% = F
Critiques:
A major component of the course is the ongoing
development of an ability to comment upon work made by oneself and one’s peers.
It is beneficial to receive such comments as they can accelerate ideas and act
as motivation for future work. Your participation in critique is important. It
will be considered as a component of your project grade and your final grade.
Attendance of all class critiques is MANDATORY.
It is important for everyone to be present and to start on time in order
to adequately critique everyone’s work. Your participation in critique is
important. It will be considered as a component of your project grade and your
final grade.
**
Students are responsible for all assignments/information on the syllabus unless
notified differently by the professor. This syllabus may be modified at the
professor’s discretion.
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 1
•
Intro
and bios
•
Go
over syllabus
•
Intro
to Storyboard
• History of Storyboarding
Workshop:
Draw
a basic scene quickly (1 frame illustrations)
Assignment:
research
for some detailed storyboard to show the class.
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 2
Critique Session
• Getting familiar with storyboarding
• aspect ratio
• Basics of the “Shot”
Workshop:
Create
a short scene without any words. atleast 6 panels not exceeding 20.
Assignment:
finalize
the short scene.
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 3
Critique Session
•
Visual
storytelling
• creating/controlling/conveying
the narrative
•
Line of Action
Workshop:
thumbnail
storyboard sketches
Assignment:
Complete
a thumbnail storyboard
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 4
Critique Session
•
From
Script to storyboard
• Typical pipeline of production
• concept sketches and previs
(previsualization), to thumbnails, to storyboards, to animatic, and beyond
Workshop:
Watch
a clip and then storyboard it.
Assignment:
finalize
the storyboard from the clip we’ve seen.
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 5
Critique Session
• camera angles and shots
• Staging
Workshop:
ad-lib
a story with the entire class
Assignment:
Storyboard
the ad-lib
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 6
Critique Session
•
continuity,
cutting, close ups.
Workshop:
storyboard
a script thats provided
Assignment:
rough
storyboard
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 7
Critique Session
•
composition
•
controlling your viewers eyes
Workshop:
storyboard
a script thats provided continue
Assignment:
finalize
storyboard that was provided script, for midterm
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 8
Critique Session
•
Animatics
Midterm assignment
Due
Workshop:
using
your midterm assignment create an animatic
Assignment:
finalize
your animatics
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 9
Critique Session
• Narrative Structure
• Character Development
•
Workshop:
Create
a storyboard for a motion graphics TV show open
Assignment:
finalize
storyboard for a motion graphics tv show.
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 10
Critique Session
• Conveying the mood:
scene tone (comedic, dramatic, action-based, et cetera); visual idioms
and tropes
Workshop:
Create
a short story Man vs. ????
Assignment:
Storyboard
the short story you created Man VS ???
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 11
Critique Session
Character
wakes up…
Workshop:
Create
a story about a character who wakes up then…
Try
to be as detailed as possible
Assignment:
Complete
the storyboard on the character who wakes up then…
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 12
•
Critique
Session
Start
on storyboarding for your pitch
Workshop:
research,
concepts and first draft.
Assignment:
Start
writing out a script for your pitch
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 13
•
•
Critique
Session
Workshop:
rough
thumbnails
Assignment:
storyboard
for pitch
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 14
Critique Session
•
Workshop:
work
on storyboard for pitch
Assignment:
finalize
storyboard for pitch
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 15
Critique Session
Final
Project is Due
________________________________________________________________________________
Week 16
Critique Session
•
Review
Opportunity
to catch up on any assignments thats missing or improving your existing grades
