This subject aims to introduce students to storyboarding, going through several of its areas. During the semester we will learn the language of storyboarding through theory, references and carrying out practical exercises, both in terms of drawing and narrative. Students will learn the technical aspects and nomenclature related to storyboarding and develop the narrative and drawing skills necessary to create storyboards.
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Basic drawing skills are required.
The objectives of the course are to introduce students to the language and practice of storyboarding, developing both their narrative skills and their drawing abilities. Throughout the semester, students are expected to understand the theoretical foundations of storyboarding, become familiar with key artistic references, and learn the technical terminology and conventions of the discipline. The course also aims to enable students to plan and visually represent a scene, structure sequences clearly and coherently, and apply audiovisual storytelling principles through practical exercises that help them gain autonomy in creating functional, expressive, and professionally presentable storyboards.
Topic 1. Introduction: the storyboard and the fields we will work in.
Topic 2. First exercises: Human figure, perspective, shots/points of view/composition.
Topic 3. Storyboard in comics.
Topic 4. Storyboard in television.
Topic 5. Storyboard in film and animation.
Topic 6. Final project.
At the beginning of the subject we will work on drawing (human figure, understanding of space, perspective) and some of the basic narrative resources applied to cinema, TV, comics and animation (shots, points of view, composition) through several practical exercises. We will dedicate the following sessions to understanding the terminology and codes used in storyboarding, as well as becoming familiar with the visual language of storyboarding in various of its areas. Throughout the course, we will see the differences between the different types of storyboards depending on the field, as well as the use given to each one. Students will acquire the agility and skills necessary to draw storyboards, going through the understanding of drawing, the synthesis of forms, narration and the language of the storyboard in each of its areas. To understand the language of storyboarding, we will see examples and learn about the work of professional artists, and we will work from audiovisual projects to put into practice what we learned in the first sessions. Students will also create storyboards from their own scripts.
Classes will be conducted with graphic and audiovisual support, allowing students to become familiar with storyboard language. Attendance is essential to understand the medium, as well as to complete the first practical exercises and discuss them in class.
The student will be assessed based on their overall interest in the subject, the exercises completed in class, and the final project.
If the conditions to pass the assessment session are not met, the maximum grade will be 4.
Students will have the right to request a grade review on the day established by the instructor. During the review, the grade may be increased or decreased.
The Art of the Storyboard – John Hart
Storyboards: Motion in Art – Mark A. Simon
Directing the Story – Francis Glebas
Framed Ink – Marcos Mateu-Mestre
Shot by Shot – Steven D. Katz
It will be provided throughout the course.