F Visual Storytelling: Structure and Form

Catalog description

36 hours lecture and 72 hours lab per term. This course will introduce students to the classic structures of story and why the visual story requires unique demands and offers unique opportunities. The camera and the image reveal structure to the audience, and the form gives meaning to the events. Students will study the forms and formats of graphic novels, animations, and films, to help them create their own story works and characters to be developed into finished visual stories. This class is recommended to first semester Visual Storytelling students but can be taken at any time. (Degree Credit) (CSU)