Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories
Experimenting with the nonlinear and with the object
A course by Paula Bossio , Designer, Illustrator, Author, and Teacher
About the video: Experimenting with the nonlinear and with the object
Overview
“In this lesson I am going to do two storytelling exercises, each of 4 or 6 squares where, first, I will alter the linearity of my story using cuts and repetitions. Remember that I can use cut or pause and not repeat, one of the resources of nonlinear structures. I will also do a narration based on space, that theatrical setting suggested by the book. Let's see what I can think of and if these ideas can become the seed for more interesting stories in the future. ”
In this video lesson Paula Bossio addresses the topic: Experimenting with the nonlinear and with the object, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories. Learn the basic resources to narrate and illustrate your own stories.
Partial transcription of the video
“EXPERIMENTING WITH NON-LINEARITY AND WITH THE OBJECT In the previous lesson we saw that using the elements in a story, can be very useful for telling a story. In this lesson, my experimentation will be based on the transformation of the story's time or linearity. As we've already seen examples in the previous lessons and units, this will all make much more sense to you now. I'll also transform the account or story, I'll adjust it by considering that the space in which we're working, are not only pages that we turn, but it is a more theatrical space. I'll start by altering the linearity of t...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Illustrated Stories
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storyboard, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Paula Bossio
A course by Paula Bossio
Paula Bossio is a graphic designer, illustrator, and children's book author who is passionate about stories: seeing them, listening to them, reading them... but above all, creating them. She has won national and international awards for her illustrations, including the Nami Award (Korea), the Noma Concours (Japan), and the A la Orilla del Viento and Caniem awards (Mexico), among others.
She has worked as an author and illustrator for publishers such as Penguin Random House, PigeonHole Books, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Alfaguara, GatoMalo, Usborne Books, and more, and has also worked as an illustration teacher in the Graphic Design Faculty of Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Universidad Areandina, and Universidad Santo Tomás in Bogotá.
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