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WRITING FOR ANIMATION
Understand the basic concepts and techniques of modern script writing. Comprehend, analyze and produce original creative writing. Develop a sense of storytelling, particularly through cinematic techniques. Develop an appreciation of the goals and practices of writing for American television and film.
Introduction to storytelling. Difference in storytelling in different medium, Theatre-cinema-television, storytelling from behind the screen.
Introduction to writing-development of story, subject, theme & plot, role of language in writing, fiction vs non- fiction.
Experimenting with techniques for visual storytelling, structure, story building, writing for animation. Examining indigenous narratives, both contemporary, and traditional to gain an understanding of storytelling methods pertinent to our culture.
Creating dramatic flow, planning, pacing, sequencing, organizing visual flow and continuity in storyboards, coordinating character, scene length, pace of action, Choreographing scene change and camera movement, Planning, examining, analyzing and, pacing character behavior, An exposure to various animation techniques.
Basic Overview, How To Write A Premise, Developing Your Story Beats, How To Write An Outline, How To Write A Script, Writing Description. Writing Dialog, How To Write Funny Stuff, Feature, Internet & Sample Scripts, Creating an Animated Series. Writing a Presentation, Bible & Pilot.
