Visual Workshop (Audio Visual)

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Combine shape and colour into composition ; Explain different functions of camera angles ; Transform written exposition to visual presentation; Transform written narration to simple sequential presentation (storyboard); Develop simple time based visualization; Explain the importance of principal motion and timing ; Create several simple editing works that combine sound.

Topics

This course equips students with the basic understanding of visual language. By the end of the course, students should be able to create visual planning and familiar with storyboard development. The course starts from studying composition, followed by exploring different camera angles, and translating written narrative into shooting plan with storyboard. Students will learn visual narrative techniques and discuss visual options of selected storyline.