VCT 1017 - Concept Drawing and Storyboarding

1. Learning to see
2. Concept drawing for animation, video, and film
3. Concept drawing: character drawing for animation
4. Concept drawing: environments
5. Deconstruct a movie scene
6. Define the concept: personality, mood, and emotion
7. Exaggeration, action, and drama
8. Gestures
9. Lighting: three-point lighting, quality of light, and mood
10. Materials and tools
11. Point of view: camera angles, camera framing, and movement
12. Sequence Drawing
13. Storyboarding: from story to storyboard
14. Successful thumbnails and roughs
15. The Concept or Mind Map
16. Using positive and negative space
17. Visual references and inspiration

1. use visual references for ideas.
2. discuss the application of concept drawing in digital applications.
3. apply the principles and elements of design to concept drawings, storyboards, and roughs
4. create thumbnails and roughs
5. use a concept map to conceive ideas.
6. create storyboards.
7. create concept drawings of characters and environments.
8. use a digital graphics tablet as a drawing tool.
9. visually describe camera angles, camera framing, and movement with storyboards.
10. communicate a storyline with storyboards.
11. articulate concepts through drawing.

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