Storyboarding & Storytelling

Learn new skills each class and refine your abilities
Participate in small group lessons via Zoom
Receive individual feedback from professional animator / instructor & classmates
Develop in a supportive workshop environment sharing ideas & progress with other students
Have fun!

Classes are taught with free and open source software.

Storyboarding & Storytelling I

Telling Your Story Visually!

Teens 13 – 18 will learn the skills to create an entertaining black and white board of their own short story in this six-week course!

Through demonstrations and examples of notable storyboards, their veteran animator / teacher will draw on their own experience boarding projects from graphic novels to films to inspire and guide students in their own creations. Teens will have fun learning how to incorporate character, tension, staging, gags, goals, and timing into their projects. Classmates share constructive tips and ideas with peers while completing their own unique storyboards.

Free “atelier” lab time with peers and live support from instructor included with enrollment.

6 weeks

1 hr / week

Storyboarding & Storytelling II

Making A Good Story Great!

Preq.

Storyboarding & Storytelling I

Over the next six weeks, students aged 13 – 18 journey into the art of storytelling in this live, small group class, creating their own, multi-character, more sophisticated full color storyboard!

Adding the elements of light and mood, an expert animator / instructor sparks student creativity with demonstrations and examples of notable boards depicting a variety of stories. Together, students explore how to balance all the elements of story to create compelling imagery which can guide animated and live action films or illustrate graphic novels and complete their unique illustrated tale.

Free “atelier” lab time with peers and live support from instructor included with enrollment.

6 weeks

1 hr / week

Storyboarding & Storytelling III

Story Arc & Journey!

Preq.

Storyboarding & Storytelling II

Teens 13 – 18 will embark on a 12-week exploration of story arc and the character’s journey and create a complex story and a color board for a 10 – 20-minute film or a small graphic novel!

A seasoned animator / instructor leads students through demonstrations and celebrated examples of boards-to-film to broaden their vision and individual creativity. The junior boarder’s work is strengthened by individual instructor feedback. And students in this small group class enjoy working together to ideate, organize, and trade suggestions as they each realize their unique capstone projects.

Free “atelier” lab time with peers and live support from instructor included with enrollment.

12 weeks

1 hr / week

Open Atelier

FREE with enrollment!

Optional scheduled Lab-time hours to meet on Zoom & work on your individual project in community, with peer & instructor support