A comprehensive course covering concepts and techniques in visual storytelling, design principles, and creative thinking.
Course Length
15 Weeks
Format
Online
Start Date
4 November, 2024
Course Description
The emphasis of this course is on imaginative pre-production for an evolving world of moving images. Acknowledging the rapid changes in the way work is produced and distributed, students will be introduced to diverse historical, theoretical, and practical methods of visual communication as they develop their storytelling skills through creative writing and pre-visualization exercises for animation, game, live action, and new media with an emphasis on inclusion in story and unique experiences.
Programme Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Develop imaginative stories from simple ideas or concepts.
- Create and visualize compelling characters.
- Write effectively for established and emerging media in the form of loglines, treatments, short stories, short form screenplays, and game design documents.
- Demonstrate effective visual storytelling through storyboards, animatics, performance, and other forms of visual communication.
- Organize ideas and present them effectively in a dynamic project pitch.
- Document process in a production book or blog.
Technical Requirements
- Internet connection
- Laptop
- CCS Laptop Recommendations
- Windows PC
- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit OS or Windows 11
- Processor: 64-bit Intel® Xeon, or i-Series processor with Intel® or AMD equivalent.
Highest affordable CPU speed with
multiple cores recommended - Memory: 32GB of Memory
- Graphic Card: Supported NVIDIA® or AMD graphics card with OpenGL 4.3 support and a
certified driver. 8GB Memory minimum. - Hard Drive: 512GB SSD3-yr protection plan: Highly recommended
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- Apple MacBook Pro
- Processor: M1 Pro or Better
- Memory: 32GB unified Memory
- Hard Drive: 512GB SSD storage or better
Eligibility Requirements
- ALX alumni
- Have access to laptop and internet connection
- General Computer skills (e.g., Google Docs, Slides, and some ability to digitize images via photographing or creating digital art directly on a computer in software like Photoshop)
- Basic Drawing Skills (Ability to draw a relatively representative image of a character, environment, or other asset for storyboarding and visual communication)
About CCS
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) is a nonprofit, private college authorized by the Michigan Education Department to grant Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. CCS, located in midtown Detroit, strives to provide students with the tools needed for successful careers in the dynamic and growing creative industries. CCS fosters students’ resolve to pursue excellence, act ethically, engage their responsibilities as citizens, and learn throughout their lives. With world-class faculty and unsurpassed facilities, students learn to be visual communicators who actively use art and design toward the betterment of society.