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B.A. (Film, Television and New Media Production) Concept of Storyboarding Syllabus - Mumbai University

This is the SY BAFTNMP syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. The first two years of this degree are on NEP; the third year is still on the University's earlier CBSGS scheme, and it is marked as such on its own pages.

Concept of Storyboarding Syllabus.pdf
Vocational skill course · Semester 3 · SY BAFTNMP · 2 credits · 30 hours · Continuous Internal Assessment : 20 marks External Written Examination: 30 Marks

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Syllabus for Concept of Storyboarding

Vocational skill course · Semester 3 · SY BAFTNMP · 2 credits · 30 hours · Continuous Internal Assessment : 20 marks External Written Examination: 30 Marks

Course objectives

  • To introduce students to the art and craft of storyboarding, enabling them to visualize scripts, communicate ideas visually, and create compelling visual narratives across various formats such as film, animation, and advertising. The course will also build foundational storytelling skills essential for translating written word into visual sequences.

Course outcomes

  • Understand the principles of visual storytelling
  • Develop the ability to translate a script into compelling storyboards
  • Apply design principles like perspective, composition, and lighting
  • Communicate visually with clarity and intent
  • Prepare boards for real-world production pipelines and professional pitches
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Module 1: Introduction to Storyboarding & Visual Storytelling 10 hours

  • 1. What is a storyboard and why it matters
  • 2. Role of storyboarding in film, animation, advertising
  • 3. Types of storyboards: presentation boards, production boards, animatics, live-action boards
  • 4. Case studies: comparing storyboards and final scenes

Module 2: The Art of Storyboarding 10 hours

  • 1. Thumbnail sketching: ideation & flow
  • 2. Sketching basic human figures and expressions
  • 3. Action poses and figure movement

Module 3: Board Execution Techniques, Animatic & Directing Shots 10 hours

  • 1. Clean-up process and line clarity
  • 2. Color passes and presentation-ready boards
  • 3. Differences between presentation boards and production boards

Text Books and Reference Books

  • 1. Storyboards motion in Art by Mark Simmons
  • 1. Directing the Story - Francis Glebas

Cut from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.A. (Film, Television and New Media Production), item 5.56 (N) of the Academic Council meeting of 20.05.2025 (NEP 2020), in force from 2025-26. Wording, module numbering and reading lists are as printed there.

The complete syllabus

This subject is cut from one of the University circulars below. Open the document if you want the whole thing rather than a single subject.

PDF BA FTNMP Sem I and II (2024-25) NEP NEP 2020 syllabus, in force from 2024-25 Read full PDF Read
PDF BA FTNMP Sem III and IV (2025-26) NEP NEP 2020 syllabus, in force from 2025-26 Read full PDF Read
PDF BA FTNMP Sem III Field Project (2025-26) NEP NEP 2020 syllabus, in force from 2025-26 Read full PDF Read
PDF BA FTNMP Sem III Open Elective Ethics and Etiquettes in Digital Technology (2025-26) NEP NEP 2020 syllabus, in force from 2025-26 Read full PDF Read
PDF BA FTNMP Sem IV Open Elective Short Stories from the West (2025-26) NEP NEP 2020 syllabus, in force from 2025-26 Read full PDF Read
PDF BA FTNMP Sem I to VI (2017-18) CBSGS item 4.129 CBSGS syllabus, in force from 2017-18 Read full PDF Read
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