The basic theme of the images created are the fantastic thresholds, the locks and transfer points between the real primary world and the fictional, fantastic secondary world. The aim of the exercises was to visualise the specific mechanisms, motifs and procedures of the fantastic narrative style: The brief moment of transition, of crossing boundaries, of transformation, of hallucination. The familiar was called into question, the familiar further developed: How can everyday places and everyday objects take on a threshold function? Using artistic means, the everyday, the ordinary was given attributes that hint at the magical and fantastic, reinvented or quoted from familiar models. The process: With the help of digital image processing, photos were provided with additional image elements and a new lighting mood was created using artificial light sources. The "painting" of new areas of light and shadow, taking into account the logic of the image, blurs the boundary between photography and painting - a typical feature of digital illustration techniques. The result is twelve works that are reminiscent of key images from storyboards in their realistic appearance and illustrative character. The participating students have created short stories that tell of the "before" and "after". [[]]