Hw1 - Storyboarding and Pitching

Hello everyone and welcome to UCBUGG (officially)!

This week’s homework will be focused on turning your stories into storyboards and pitches.

Optional Reading

Check out Introduction to Pre Production for tips on storyboarding, character design, and pitching!

Assignment

TODO: Install Google Drive for Desktop

Download Google Drive for Desktop. We will be using this as our main way of sharing files within groups for UCBUGG.

TODO: Create Storyboard

Turn your very own story idea into storyboards! It doesn’t matter how strong the story is, try to come up with something fun! There’s a chance your story will be selected to be worked on for the rest of the semester.

• Develop your story: exposition → rising action → climax → falling action → resolution
• Create storyboards:

  • 15-20 storyboards!

  • Focus on the action, do not finalize your character / environment designs yet. However, indicate the background when necessary

  • Rectangular format, one panel per slide

  • Feel free to use these storyboard templates!

  • Submit as a .pptx or .pdf (download it from Google Slides if you choose to use Google Slides)

  • Restrictions:

    • MAX 3 characters
    • No humans
    • No 2D/Live Action or stop-motion animation
    • Original characters only

TODO: Pitching Your Story

You will have the opportunity to pitch your story to the rest of the class. The class will vote on the stories and the most voted get to be made into 3D animated shorts!

IMPORTANT: Pitching is entirely optional, but if you do not pitch, your story cannot be included as a voting option.

Practice your pitch:

• Must be 30 seconds!

• Practice makes perfect! Be confident, speak clearly, and consider emoting your story. Get excited!

• Don’t cram too much in verbally, let your boards speak for themselves

• Introduce yourself in the introductions channel on Discord!

Attention

Your pitch should be 30 seconds MAXIMUM! Facilitators will be timing your pitches next week during class to ensure this!

If you would like a critique and submit your pitch and storyboards early and on time, post your work in the help channel on Discord.

TODO: Shot Progression

Watch this video on shot progression from Pixar and take notes on what you learned/thought was interesting! Then, post those thoughts on the appropriate Discord channel. Please have your responses in the Pixar Hoppers Shot Progression thread in #discussion. Minimum, 2 sentences. Additionally, respond to 2 other students either adding on, or providing any additional context.

Deliverables

SUBMIT: Storyboard Slides

• Please submit a .ppt or a .pdf and rename it accordingly. section is either 003 or 303
  section_firstname_lastname_hw1.ppt

Submit on the Gradescope Homework 1 assignment

SUBMIT: Google Drive for Desktop Screenshot

Please submit a .png or a .jpg and rename it accordingly. section is either 003 or 303 section_firstname_lastname_hw1.png
Submit a screenshot of your downloaded Google Drive for Desktop (preferably a screenshot of the application open, NOT the Google Drive website)

Submit on the Gradescope Homework 1 assignment

SUBMIT: Shot Progression Video

Write at least 2 sentences about something you learned or found most interesting from the video and respond to at least 2 other students

Submit on the #discussion channel in the Pixar Hoppers Shot Progression thread on Discord

Rubric

Item	Points
Storyboard Slides	6
Google Drive for Desktop Screenshot	2
Shot Progression Video	2
Total	10