DESN11512 Communication & Narrative

Storytelling is fundamental to the development, maintenance, and transformation of shared culture and is central to creating meaningful experience. In this course students are introduced to the basic narrative structures used to convey compelling stories. Students discover various visual strategies for constructing narrative and explore how these can be achieved at various scales in 2D, digital, and physical space. Students expand on graphic and typographic principles and practices in the service of storytelling in spatially based communications. Through case studies, interactive lectures and hands-on projects students explore and experiment with image making methods, compositional strategies, motion, typography, and colour theory.