From January 26 to 30, the Storyboard Masterclass took place, addressed to all students of the Master’s Degree Programme in Computer Animation and Visual Effects. This intensive course was part of the academic curriculum and focused on cinematic pre-visualization as a key tool for visual storytelling.
Throughout the week, students explored the role of storyboard in building sequences capable of attracting, engaging, and emotionally guiding the viewer, working on the relationship between framing, rhythm, and narrative continuity. The course alternated visual material analysis, cinematic examples, and hands-on classroom activities, encouraging a structured and conscious design-oriented approach.
Particular attention was devoted to the transmission of emotions through the construction of a sequence, a scene, or a single shot, with the aim of developing strong skills in cinematic storytelling applied to animation and visual effects.
Masterclass contents
- The programme addressed the main theoretical and practical aspects of storyboard, including:
- the storyboard alphabet: shot types, camera movements, and visual continuity
- differences between storyboard use in cinema and animation, from features to series
- visual storytelling and cinematic pre-visualization
- shot composition as a tool to express emotions and atmospheres
