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:

Based on a short story series completed in English, Film students create an original, short screenplay to emphasize character conflict and use of setting. Students learn basic camera, lighting and sound equipment operations and study, through readings and exercises, narrative continuity conventions. Partnered with only one person, students storyboard, locate sets, cast actors, block shots, light scenes and capture audio. These final projects are edited using Premiere Pro.