Storyboarding for Animators

This training is aimed at early career storyboard artists, revisionists and assistants working on animated TV series.  It will be delivered online over 3 weeks and will consist of a mix of masterclasses and assignments finishing with an online networking event to share the work produced and introduce the participants to potential employers.

Participants will leave the course with a better understanding of the process of taking a script to storyboard, learn the basics of the industry standard software Storyboard Pro, develop their drawing skills for storyboarding, increase their knowledge of film language, and finally to use all these to test their skills on an existing script.

This programme is supported by the ScreenSkills Animation Skills Fund with contributions from UK animation productions.

Who it's for

This training is aimed at early career storyboard artists, revisionists and assistants who have some demonstrable industry experience.

Places are only available to UK-based freelancers/self employed participants.  

We welcome and encourage applications from people from lower socio-economic backgrounds; disabled, d/Deaf and neurodiverse participants; Black, Asian and Minority Ethic (BAME) applicants; and LGBTQ+ and non-binary candidates. 

What it covers

Areas covered include:

• Film language and how it applies to animation
• Storyboard Pro training
• Acting in storyboard
• Storyboarding from audio
• Storyboarding for animated TV series: storyboarding, pitching, revisioning

An online networking event will take place after the training to introduce the participants to recruiters.

As well as a number of specialist speakers, this course will be delivered by Bianca Ansems, a story artist with over 10 years work experience in the Film & TV industry, and of that 8 years specialised in storyboard. She has worked as storyboard artist on shows such as ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’, ‘The Valiant Quest of Prince Ivandoe’ and ‘Elliott from Earth’ for Cartoon Network, where she also directed a development pilot. She has worked on shows for Netflix (‘Deadendia’, ‘Mech Cadet Yu’) and worked directly for Netflix LA in development. Most recently she has worked as Storyboard Supervisor and Episode Director for Disney Channel’s ‘The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti’.

How to apply

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Application deadline: 25 Apr 2022

 

Contact information

Email: info@nfts.co.uk