Title: 
Storyboard Professional Training course

Language: 
English

Credits: 
30 ECTS

Duration of the course: 
12 weeks. Monday-Friday: 9:00 am-4:00 pm

Course start: 
Every year in September

Course dates: 
Fall 2020: September 7 – November 27

Application deadline:   
The application deadline was June 12, but there is still a few open seats. Applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible and each application will be reviewed shortly after registration until the course is full. (Please be aware that most of the staff is on holiday and out of office in of most of July.)

Place:
The Animation Workshop/VIA University College, Kasernevej 5, 8800 Viborg, DK

Fee EU/Non-EU Citizens: 
EU citizens: 3.650 EUR (approx. 27.200 DDK)
Non-EU citizens: 6.720 EUR (approx. 50.100 DDK)

Open Education: Professional Training Course Storyboard is an Open Education program, part of the Bachelor in Graphic Storytelling at The Animation Workshop/VIA University College (TAW). Open Education is a wide range of educational programs in Denmark offered to adults who wish to undergo further training. It is open to anybody who has successfully passed our admission criteria (see “How to apply”) The Professional Training Course Storyboard consists of three subjects from the Bachelor in Graphic Storytelling: Sequential Storytelling 1 (20 ECTS), Pitching (5 ECTS) and Portfolio and Career Planning (5 ECTS).

COVID-19: Should it due to COVID-19 not be possible to have the students physically present at campus for a longer period of time, we prepare and offer an alternative, online solution. There will be a reduced course fee in such an event.

More info
Download practical information (pdf)

The Professional Training Course Storyboard is an intensive, hands-on course designed to prepare you for a career in storyboarding. During the course you will get the opportunity to refine and expand your working knowledge of storyboarding for 3D and 2D animation, animated television, and live action film under guidance of highly experienced industry professionals.

The course also contains an introduction to relevant related subjects such as screen writing, cinematography and drawing. Additionally, through the contact with the teachers you will get valuable inside information from the industry that will help you when applying for jobs later.

What you get

• An intensive course developed with the help of industry professionals
• Instructors are all active professionals brought in from animation studios around the world specifically for this 12-week Storyboard professional training course. Therefore instructors have updated and production-tested knowledge
• Hands-on teaching and practice every day from morning to afternoon
• Software: Toon Boom Storyboard PRO
• Didactic material and art materials
• A super useful professional network with the other participants and with the guest teachers – as well as to the rest of The Animation Workshop/VIA University College (TAW)
• Advice and resources for further training and employment possibilities
• Access to all extra-curricular activities at TAW

Download teaching plan

PLEASE NOTE: All students are required to bring a computer and a drawing tablet/Cintiq that will run Storyboard PRO from ToonBoom, which is included in the course fee. 

In order to apply for the Storyboard course running in the Fall 2020, please click the link and fill out the online application form.

You will be asked to provide a CV, documentation for your bachelor-studies, if applicable, a motivation letter and a portfolio.

Your portfolio should represent you as a visual storyteller and should include your best work. It is important that we see a good demonstration of your drawing skills.

Requirements for your portfolio

• Your portfolio can either be a PDF document or an online portfolio set up in Blogspot, Tumblr or similar.
• Your name and contact information should be easy to find.
• We will not accept portfolios using Facebook, DeviantArt galleries (DeviantArt portfolios are fine) or Flickr.
• Consider the size of your images and other posts so that it loads easily and quickly.
• We recommend uploading videos on Vimeo and posting images no larger than 2MB to reduce loading time.

Please also make sure that your blog, link or website functions properly. If it does not function at the time of the admissions review, we will disregard your application.

In the event of a successful application to the course, you will be asked to confirm your seat as soon as possible afterward.

The Animation Workshop/VIA University College (TAW) reserves the right to cancel the course should there not be enough participants.

Please note that you will be asked to pay the fee upfront before the course starts.

Unfortunately we cannot offer scholarships.

Materials

All students are required to bring a computer and a drawing tablet/Cintiq that will run Storyboard PRO from ToonBoom, which is included in the course fee. 

All other materials are included in the course fee.

You will be offered a specific accommodation by the housing organization shortly after you have been accepted into the course. Rooms offered are typically located in the dormitory Camp Logos, which is located right next to TAW. Please note that TAW cannot guarantee that you get the specific room type you have requested. In some cases, we just have to accept what is currently available from the housing organization. The prices range between 3-500 EUR (2200-3500 DKK) per month.

Practical information

All rooms in Camp Logos are furnished with a bed, bedside table, bedside lamp, room divider, desk, chair and kitchenette. Please note that there are no kitchen utensils for the kitchenette in the room, but you can buy utensils at second hand shops in Viborg. The school will provide a duvet and pillow, so you will only need to bring bed sheets and towels. There is also a shared kitchen and common area at your disposal. If you have any questions in relation to housing during your course, please contact taw.housing@via.dk

As a PRO course participant, you only have to pay a reduced deposit of 2500 DKK (instead of 10.000 DKK).

You are also welcome to join our Facebook Housing group to team up with other students looking for roommates and new tenants for the apartments, they are leaving themselves.