This course introduces the fundamental cinematic and storytelling grammar necessary for a career in film, games, or visual effects. Students will learn the technical basics of storyboarding to gain a more complex understanding of the visual language of film. Through lectures, in-class film analysis, discussion, and exercises in and out of class, students learn to translate what drives story and character into previsualization and storyboarding. The intersection of literary and visual storytelling, the technical aspects of camera, and how to pitch ideas in the industry are critical to the development of midterm and final projects for presentation.