Students will learn how to break down a scene into actions, build a beatboard, learn basic principles of frame composition, and formulate animage-system to support the film's theme and motifs. They will create storyboards and turn them into video boards. Part of the work will be done on existing written material, and part on materials written by the students. At the end of the course, the participants will be able to storyboard their scenes. Knowledge of drawing and sketching is not a requirement.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Cross-listed with CINE319I. Credit will be only granted for CINE319I or IMDM498J.