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:

The Character Bio Project in Animation introduces the students to character development from a written and graphic perspective.

Students create a fictional character with a personality and backstory. The written material is translated to visuals using T poses and personality poses to have a good understanding of the character from all sides. Students incorporate previous knowledge of color theory and shape language to reinforce the personality of the character in the design.