CRW1012 ST: Visual Storytelling

Visual Storytelling is a 1000 level Creative Writing course in which students will learn and practice the fundamentals of storytelling in visual formats by discussing the basic elements of narrative and developing creative work in a narrative format that is both visual and text based. The narratives produced will incorporate the elements of character, setting, plot and theme. We will deepen our awareness of visual storytelling by looking at and hearing about work in graphic formats including, cartoons, comics, animation, and graphic novels, memoirs, and essays. Principles of making comics will be introduced and applied in exercises that will help students to construct their narratives incrementally. In the final week of the course, in addition to producing a portfolio of revised work, students will reflect on the experience in a metacognitive paper. Credits: 3.000