Developing The Story Board

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Saban Kumar Maharana

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Course Name : Developing The Story Board

Code(Credit): CUTM2407 (0-4-2)

 

Course Objectives

  • The paper aims to provide students with a clear understanding of how to develop a storyboard with different software
  • To achieve proficient technical and aesthetic skills using various tools to generate a broad range of two-dimensional images.

Course Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will able to:

CO1. Students will be able to develop storyboard and storytelling.

CO2. The storyboard is the visual blueprint of any animated film.

CO3. This course provides the foundation for students to learn elements of good craftsmanship, the use of the virtual camera, the performance art of pitching and the basics of writing for animation.

 

COS COURSE OUTCOMES MAPPING COS WITH POS (High-3; Medium-2; Low-1)
CO1 Students will be able to develop storyboard and storytelling. PO1(3)PO2(3) PO3(3),PO6(2)
CO2 The storyboard is the visual blueprint of any animated film. PO1(3)PO2(3) PO3(3)PO6(2)
CO3 This course provides the foundation for students to learn elements of good craftsmanship, the use of the virtual camera, the performance art of pitching and the basics of writing for animation. PO1(3)PO2(3) PO3(3)PO6(2)

Course Syllabus

Module I

Introduction to Screenwriting: The visual nature of movies. Screenplays as blueprints. Where to find ideas. Forming a premise. High and low concept. Hollywood vs. Indie. Genre. The usefulness of outlines

Module-II

Finding a major dramatic question. The three-act structure. The difference between classic plots and subtle plots. Making a story map. Finding a strong protagonist. Handling other characters. Making characters dimensional through desire and contrasts. Creating character profiles. Showing characters through their actions.

 

Module-III

Format/Description: format of a screenplay. Writing effective screenplay description. Scene defined. Length of the scene. Tenets of good scenes—importance, desire/conflict, structure, compression, visual storytelling. Sequences. Making a step outline. Dialogue's illusion of reality. Compression. Characterization through dialogue. Subtext. Exposition. Stage directions.

Voice over. The value of subplots. Romantic subplots. Other kinds of subplots for the protagonist. Non-protagonist subplots. Subplot structure. Finding subplots in your story. Creating an effective climax. Flashbacks.

 

Module-IV

Developing tone through genre, world, and lightness/darkness. Consistency of tone. Theme defined. Types of a theme. Weaving theme into a story, learn with story binder.

Books Recommended:

 

1.      Storyboarding Essentials: SCAD Creative Essentials (How to Translate Your Story to the Screen for Film, TV, and Other Media) by David Harland Rousseau (Author), Benjamin Reid Phillips (Author)

2.    Professional Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb by Sergio Paez (Author), Anson Jew (Author)

 

Session Plan

Session 1

Introduction -What is Storyboarding.

Video: https://youtu.be/RQsvhq28sOI

Session 2,3&4

The Storyboarding process.

Assignment: Choose a sequence from a film that’s in the AFI top 100 list and reverse storyboard it.

Video: The Storyboarding process.

Session 5

Film Language

Video: Film language

Session 6

Reverse Storyboarding

Video: Reverse Storyboarding

Session 7

Camera, Composition, Story structure

Video: Camera, Composition, Story structure

Session 8

Discussion of silhouette and how it’s a key element to boards

Session 9,10,11&12

Perspective, use of grid lines, concept design.

Assignment  Create design & expression sheets for characters for sequence #1.

Video: Perspective, use of grid lines, concept design

Session 13.14 & 15

Review reverse storyboards, pick one log line to move forward.

Assignment Thumbnail 5 beats for sequence #1 (focusing on beginning, middle, end.)

Session 16

Character performance.

Session 17&18

Staging and blocking, Thumb nailing demo 

Session 19,20,21&22

How to use Photoshop to craft your Storyboards

Assignment  

Thumbnail sequence #1 (this should not exceed 50 panels.)

Video: How to use Photoshop to craft your Storyboards

Session 23, 24, 25 & 26

Group critique of previous assignment

Assignment

Draw 1 example of a single shot, which tells a simple story. Then redraw the same shot using different compositions (no limit) to describe different aspects of emotions or mood.

Session 27 & 28

Camera angles

Video: Camera angles

Session 29, 30 & 31

Composition

Assignment  -Revise/add thumbnails for sequence #1

Session 32

Camera and character movement (Close-ups )

Session 33 & 34

Cutting (Film examples will be shown)

Session 35

Group critique of previous assignment

Session 36

Student Q & A

Session 37

Discuss and show examples of the writing planning process and setup.

Session 38 & 39

Group critique of previous assignment.

Assignment Rough out sequence #1

Session 40

Student Q & A

Session 41

What the pitch is -How to pitch -Show examples

Session 42 & 43

In Class Workshop as students develop sequence.

Session 44

In structure will do walk-around to view progress and advise.

Session 45 & 46

Theatre Games as prep for next week’s pitches.

Session 47

Group critique of previous assignment

Session 48, 49, 50, 51 & 52

Shorthand and Clarity for boarding.

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Mr. Saban Kumar Maharana, working as Assistant Professor in School of Media and Communication, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, He has completed M. Phil. from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, He has more than 17 years of experience in the field of Graphics and Animation in the leading channel and Production Houses in […]