The course
What you will learn
Awareness
How and why you want to tell your story
Semiotics
The grammar of the visual language
Storyboarding
The art of translation from verbal to visual
Script to Shot List
How to write a script and break it down to a shot list
Curriculum
Skills you'll develop
Directing Skills
- The rules of sequential narrative
- Choosing shots according to their meaning and purpose
- Choosing camera angles and movements
- Mise en Scène: placing and moving subjects within a space to tell a story
- "Casting" characters according to their psychology and the meaning of the story
Directing Photography
- The rules of Composition
- Color Theory
- Chiaroscuro: meaning and behavior of lights and shadows
How to Draw
- Acquiring the "3D Mindset"
- Understanding the essential shapes within complex objects
- Using media from pencils to Photoshop
- Perspective
- Human Proportions and Anatomy
- Live model drawing and still life sessions
- Hints of animal anatomy
- How to be unique, finding and refining your style
Art Direction
- Draw spaces, interiors and exteriors, simple or complex, realistic or fictional
- Draw costumes, drapery and materials from fabric to metal
- Choosing texture and patterns to express meaning
- Hints of history of architecture and costume
Concept Art
- Creating Props, Creatures and Spaceships
Acting
- How to express meaning and feelings through proxemics and non-verbal language
- Combining emotions and their intensity to convey characters' state of mind
- Understanding the psychology and social context behind the characters
Who is this for
This course is for you if you are a...
Director
Cinematographer
Script Writer
Comic Artist
Storyteller
Your instructor
Meet the tutor
Luca Belardi
Award Winning Visual ArtistLuca has over 20 years of experience working as a Concept Artist, Character Designer and Storyboard Artist for cinema, advertising, and animation.
He has worked with artists such as Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, for brands such as Mercedes, Coca Cola, Vodafone and events such as the Fifa Euro Cup, U.S. Open, Wimbledon to only name a few.
Practical info