The course aims to provide students with working knowledge of traditional and non-traditional dramatic and narrative theories and techniques to develop stories, worlds and characters for animation production for a variety of media formats. Students will experiment with interactive narrative design to gain insight into a variety of writing processes, and develop an ability to collaborate with writers and animators. The course will focus on the interactive medium of the video game. The course also aims to broaden student’s knowledge of critical theories and contexts influencing the production and consumption of media.