Storyboard

SYLLABUS

Theoretical background of the course

Presenting short videos and analyzing the use of audiovisual language as a basic tool of expression. Analyze each shot separately, in order to understand the use of cinematic language, such as: shooting angles, lighting, time duration and the expressiveness of the narration.

Complete analysis of the cinematic language (scene, shot, shooting angles, lighting, times, ways to change shots, etc.)

At the same time, in the third course, we call experts from NGOs or social organizations to present a topic that will be the topic of the final project of this semester. These people act as sponsors and experts in their field. For this reason, students are able to understand better the topic and prevent from miscommunicating the subject.

As a result of this collaboration, students’ work is able to raise awareness in social issues of today’s generation. With the right guidance, they’re given the opportunity to be treated as professionals, presenting their work in front of future customers.

Workshop module

In the class, students asked to create quickly a synopsis and a script from an existing audio-visual material, either a short animation film or a commercial spot. In the next lessons they are asked to create, in groups of three students, a story board on the specific topic that has been set by the expert.

First step is to do research their topic, second to write a synopsis and third to think on their screenplay. The lesson in the classroom works like a brainstorming with the cooperation of teachers and students. So, the scripts are modified to communicate the subject in the best possible way depending on the audience, with the right use of audio-visual techniques. The ideas of each group of students are given feedbacks by the teachers and fellow students. The next step will be the research of the visual illustration, the concept art. This research is presented in the classroom and corrected by the teachers after a discussion of all students in the class. The visual part is required to communicate the subject through the visual language. In the next lessons, the cinematic part is developed so that the idea of each group communicates with the target group through the cinematic language. The best technique is getting selected for the storyboard in order to create an animation spot in next semesters. The final presentation of each group is a completed story board in a PDF file, in which will be presented: the basic idea, the target group, the research on the subject, the visual research, the drafts of the cinematic narrative and the final form of storyboard. It will be a part of a film production folder.

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Greek sources

1. Σενάριο (η τέχνη της επινόησης της αφήγησης στον κινηματογράφο) Χριστίνα Καλογεροπούλου (Νεφέλη 2006)
2. Η γοητευτική πορεία του σχεδιασμού των τίτλων στον κινηματογράφο. Αναστασία Δημητρά,  (Primarogli 2006)
3. Το Πλάνο Emmanuel Siety (Πατάκη, Τετράδια κινηματογράφου 2003)
4. Πως γράφεται το σενάριο –Εισαγωγή στην θεωρία του μοντάζ-ντεκουπάζ. Θ. Σκουμπέλος –Μ Ρετσίλας .( Έλλην –Ίων 2009)
5. Master class, μαθήματα σκηνοθεσίας από τους σημαντικότερους σύγχρονους κινηματογραφιστές Laurent Tirard (Πατάκης 2008)
6. Το σενάριο Στάθης Βαλούκος  (Αιγόκερος 1997, 2002, 2006)
7. Νέες προσεγγισεις στην σημειωτική του κινηματογράφου R. Stam, R Burgoyne, S Flitterman–Lewis (Μεταίχμιο 2009)
8. Ανατομία του Κινηματογράφου Bernard Dick (Πατάκης 2010, 2017)

International Sources

1. Visual scripting John Hallas (Focal press 1976)
2. Film Directing Shot by Shot, Steven D. Katz (Michael Wiese Productions 1991)
3. Storyboarding for film, TV and Animation, John Hart (Focal Press 1999)
4. Storyboards: Motion in Art, Mark Simon (Focal Press 2006)
5. From Word to Image: Storyboarding and the Filmmaking Process, Marcie Begleiter (Michael Wiese Productions 2001)
6. Art and animation Wells (Paperback 1997)
7. Warner brother’s animation art: The characters-the creators Will Friedwald-Jerry Beck (Hardcover 1997)
8. Enhanced character animation Doug Kelly (Paperback 1998)
9. Disney animation: The illusion of life Frank Thomas (Hardcover 1990)
10. Animation art: The later years 1954-1993 Jonnathan Smith-Jeff Lotman (Hardcover 1996)

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