AVE 249 - Storytelling in Animation and Visual Effects

Prerequisites, AVE 247 and animation and visual effects major or animation and visual effects themed inquiry. Animation and Visual Effects majors must pass AVE 249 with a grade of B- or better before continuing on with coursework within the major. An introduction to the principles of story and how stories are created, refined, and presented in the animation and visual effects industry. Students learn about plot, structure, characters, setting, conflict, and resolution, as well as how to tell stories through beat outlines, treatments, scripts, storyboards, and story reels as used in the world of animation and visual effects. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits