Developing video story-lines
This course takes you through the process of developing ideas through to creating an animatic for a promotional video.
Description
The course is designed to help students develop skills in generating ideas for moving image productions. These ideas are then developed in a script, storyboard and animatic using software such as LibreOffice, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects (or similar software packages).
The course comprises of theory and practical skills development. The early part of the course covers theory in story development and exploring the types of shots used in moving image production. Each theory stage leads on to practical elements for students to follow.
The course is spread across 22 video lectures, with 2 hours and 45 minutes of content. The course is suitably designed as blended learning to compliment classroom based courses on art and media production. Alternatively, the course is stand alone so students can work at their own pace.
Course structure:
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Developing stories for video production
Section 3: Scriptwriting
Section 4: Storyboarding
Section 5: Creating an animatic
Section 6: Simple animation using Photoshop and Premiere
Section 7: Animating Photoshop layers in After Effects
Section 8: Simple character animation using Photoshop and Premiere
Section 9: Comparing animatic to complete promo
Section 10: Conclusion
This course is designed to help you understand some of the processes involved in developing ideas for an animation or video production through to creating an animatic. These stages help producers prepare for developing a proposal to help raise funds for the final production. Often this is missed out but it is crucial in determining how feasible an animation or video production will be to make.
What You Will Learn!
- By the end of this course, you will be able to generate ideas for a video through to scripting, storyboarding and producing an animatic.
- In this course, you will learn techniques in story development, types of shots used in the language of film; how to write a script; how to draw a storyboard using Photoshop; and how to create an animatic using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere and After Effects. You will also compare the animatic to the finished promo to consider cost implications.
Who Should Attend!
- This course is designed to compliment students working on a UK Level 3 or above media production course (16-18 years). However, it is also useful for those wishing to learn more about the development process in motion image production. This is an introductory course.