This advanced class will focus on reinforcing basic storyboarding principles while tackling more complex topics such as action, drama, story structure, pacing, rhythm, and choreography. Students will gain in-depth understandings of storyboarding at a professional level, with a goal of leaving the semester with 1 or 2 competitive portfolio pieces.
- CLASS #: 118W
- TIME: Wednesdays, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM (PDT)
- START DATE: Oct 8th, 2025
- DURATION: 10 Weeks*
RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITE:
- Intro to Perspective
- Dynamic Sketching
- Analytical Figure Drawing
- Sketching for Environment
- Costume Gesture Drawing
- Intro to Storyboard
MATERIALS:
- Computer/Laptop
- Wacom
- Storyboard Pro or Photoshop
- If you use another image editing tool, you must be able to submit your homework as a single-panel PDF. Demos will be done in Storyboard Pro.
CLASS SYLLABUS: Click here
INSTRUCTOR: Trey Buongiorno
Trey Buongiorno is a Feature Animation Story Artist, TV Animation Episode Director, and a Wecomic Artist on the side. His past projects include "The Adventures of Puss in Boots", "Big Hero 6: The Series", "Chibi TIny Tales", "Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur", "Kung Panda 4", "Bad Guys 2". Trey is currently working on an announced DreamWorks feature film.
TIME ZONE: All CDA class days/times listed above are based on the Los Angeles PST/PDT time zone.
REFUND POLICY: For details about our class refund policy, please visit our "Refund Policy" and "Terms of Service" pages.
*Due to reasons such as instructor sick day, family emergencies, storm, earthquake, fire, flood, or other unforeseen circumstances, Concept Design Academy reserves the right to push any class back 1 week in the schedule if necessary. Students are strongly recommended to plan their schedule with some flexibility in mind to avoid schedule conflicts.
*** Limit one seat purchase for each class per student. Multiple seat purchase of same class will not be honored. ***