DIG 2430 Digital Story Development for Film and Gaming

This course teaches the foundations of gaming and film creation including storytelling, screenwriting, storyboarding, and conceptualizing. Specific areas include layout, charts, storyboarding, level development, environment illustrations, character design, model sheets, and graphical user interface (GUI) designs. Other topics covered in this course include beat outlining and concept pitching. Students create non-linear and interactive story structures and read supporting materials, view media for discussion, create and pitch story concepts, and develop a final screenplay. The course introduces several software applications for the creation of concept art, storyboards, and screenwriting.