About the overarching Unit Question:

The Visual Narrative Project asks Juniors,

"How well can you visually tell a structured story?"

Beginning with an exploration of prose fiction and the graphic novel, students practice communicating character and story arc through descriptive storytelling, narrative digital art, storyboards, films, and animations. Students deepen their technical communication skills by learning a variety of modern professional equipment and applications such as Wacom Digital Drawing Pads, lighting equipment, downshooters, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Animate, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Avid Pro Tools, Propellerhead Reason, HTML/CSS, DragonFrame, and Google Apps.

About the specific project within the unit that is featured in this gallery:

These Junior productions were part of their Project 2 Visual Narrative Unit where students learned how to tell a story visually with minimal or no dialogue. They wrote/edited original short stories in English and then produced these animations from their final story in Animation class using Adobe Animate. Audio was recorded and edited in Pro Tools and/or Adobe Audition. Visuals were created with Illustrator, Adobe Animate and Wacom Cintiqs.