Doha Film Institute
Course 2: Visual Storytelling
PERIOD17 May 2025 - 17 May 2025
LANGUAGEEnglish
MODEOnline
Course Introduction:
Explore the world of visual storytelling with our hands-on course, designed to teach you the fundamentals of crafting compelling storyboards using Storyboard Pro. Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker, animator, or artist, this comprehensive course provides the essential skills to transform a simple script into an engaging visual narrative. From mastering camera angles and staging to creating animatics, this course provides a thorough introduction to the art of storyboarding.
This is a dynamic and creative course designed for those who love storytelling and are eager to explore the digital side of bringing stories to life. Whether you're passionate about film, animation, or TV production, this course offers an immersive journey into the world of digital storyboarding using Storyboard Pro, the industry-standard tool for visual storytelling.


You’ll learn how to translate scripts into visual blueprints, learning key elements like camera usage, screen direction, composition, and timing. With hands-on guidance from our expert instructors, you'll develop skills to create compelling storyboards and animatics—where your story begins to come alive with movement, sound, and rhythm.


By the end of this course, you'll be equipped to bring your stories to life more effectively and efficiently, ready to create storyboards for a variety of visual media projects. Whether you're new to storyboarding or looking to sharpen your digital skills, this course is your stepping-stone into the exciting world of visual storytelling.


Course Outline:


Participants will learn to plan and construct storyboards as well as animatics using the latest techniques available in Storyboard Pro, including the 3D environment and collaboration tools. This course is intended for artists who understand the fundamentals of storyboarding and are interested in taking the next steps to learn digital storyboarding techniques with Storyboard Pro to optimise their production.


Topics Covered Include:

  • Getting Started with Storyboard Pro

  • Software Setup

  • Sketching a Panel

  • Working with Panels & Scenes

  • Best practices

  • Working with Captions

  • Creating a Basic Animatic

  • Working with Sound

  • Storyboarding in a 3D Environment

  • Exporting a Storyboard

  • Collaboration and Revisions


Course Format



  • This class is an instructor-led, hands-on activity lab.


Objectives



  • Optimise the tools and interface for efficient production

  • Storyboard an episode or film

  • Incorporate a 3D asset into the storyboard

  • Create an animatic utilising timeline editing

  • Collaborate with other storyboard artists, revisionists, and supervisors

  • Track and approve changes

  • Export a storyboard to various formats


A detailed course breakdown will be shared with those candidates who are selected for the course.


Certification


  • A Toon Boom course certificate will be provided to participants who complete the program.

  • Completion of this course qualifies participants for the official Toon Boom Storyboard Pro Software certification exam.

Lab Programme