Degree in Design and Creation of Interactive Products La Salle Campus Barcelona

Degree in Design and Creation of Interactive Products

Storytelling and script creation

Description
The course aims to introduce the multimedia script as a creative tool. Fundamental issues such as types of script, planning and basic notions of audiovisual production will be worked on. At the end of the course, students will have the basic notions necessary to propose a complete script, which will allow the students to do a correct audiovisual production.
Type Subject
Primer - Obligatoria
Semester
First
Course
1
Credits
6.00
Previous Knowledge
Objectives

Learning Outcomes of this subject are:
LO.01 Know how to write the scripts for an audiovisual production
LO.02 Know how to write interactive scripts
LO.03 Saber creating a transmedia narrative
LO.04 Basic knowledge of how to act in front of the cameras
LO.05 Be able to correctly transmit the work done

Contents

Imaginary and references
● References study
● Semiotics and the significance of images

Script Typology
● Storyline
● Storyboard
● Literary Script
● Technical Script

Camera shots and movements
● Shot typology
● Movements, travelings, panoramics
● Shot rules

Il·luminació
● Lighting schematics
● Lighting typology

Methodology

D1. Theory Classes
The teacher makes a theoretical exposition of the basic concepts that the students must acquire in order to develop the projects of the subject.

D2. Exercices
Throughout the course, activities, exercises and readings will be proposed that will be shared in class.

D3. Laboratory Practices
Individual exercises of design will be proposed, aix with a dossier project in which all projects will be incorporated in the course of the course. Tot això is durà a terme partially a class.

Evaluation

SA1. Exams
The course has a theoretical exam that is carried out during the control point and that assesses the basic concepts of audiovisual scriptwriting, which will be classed first. The second examination involves the delivery and presentation of a complete guide.

SA2. Exercices
The subject has five exercises to deliver during the course. These exercises are simple practices that will serve to continue using concepts and tools worked in class.

SA3. Practices
The course has one practice to deliver during the course. It is a more complex exercise that has to be delivered together with a memory of up to a maximum of 1500 words.

Evaluation Criteria

SA1 Exams 60%
SA2 Exercices 30%
SA3 Practices 10%

Basic Bibliography

Adorno, T. (2007). Composición para el cine / El fiel correpetidor. Ediciones Akal.
Benjamin, W. (2013) La Obra de Arte en la Época de su Reproducción Mecánica. Casimiro.
McKee, R. (2009). El guión. Sustancia, estructura, estilo y principios de la escritura de guiones. Alba Minus.
McKee, R. (2018). El diálogo: El arte de hablar en la página, la escena y la pantalla. Alba Minus.
Steyerl, H. (2018). Los condenados de la pantalla. Caja Negra Editora.

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