ITPRG 173 Digital Storytelling

Prerequisite: Placement into ENG 101 or higher.
2 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 3 hrs transfer credit
This course focuses on the planning, storyboard design, and scripting of interactive digital productions, such as text, audio, and still and moving images, with a focus on video games. Narrative scripts and design are developed with an emphasis on scene design, characterization, plotting, target audience, messages, and script format. Topics include the advantages and limitations of multimedia as conduit for mediated messages, and the nuances between writing for multimedia and standalone text, audio, and video.