Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
Visual metaphors
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
Joined June 2018
About the video: Visual metaphors
Overview
“The comic has its own resources. One of the most important is visual metaphors. Visual metaphors show the invisible, what is not seen. They give emotional resonance to what is narrated. Searching for good metaphors is essential when it comes to telling, transmitting emotions. In this lesson we will see that there are two types of metaphors and we will teach you how to use them.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: Visual metaphors, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul. Discover the process of making a comic with social purpose and use it as a tool to start important conversations and give visibility to those who need it.
Partial transcription of the video
“Visual metaphors The comic has many resources and one of the most important, and the one that I like the most is that of visual metaphors. What is this? I will tell you the definition of the philologist Inés González Cabeza, because it's the one I like the most, and she says that a visual metaphor it is what makes the invisible visible. What do we mean? That there are things, if we talk about a pencil, we all know the shape of a pencil. But if, for example, we want to talk about an idea, the idea we do not know the form it has. There are certain metaphors that are pre-established, that is, ...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
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Areas
Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration
Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou
Cristina Durán and Miguel Ángel Giner, cofounders of LaGRÚAestudio have spent more than thirty years developing stories with social purpose in their comics. They are the illustrators and authors of comics such as Una posibilidad (Ed. Astiberri) and El día 3 (Ed. Astiberri), made in collaboration with journalist Laura Ballester. They have received several awards, including the 2019 National Comic Award.
Among their clients are several publishing houses such as Andana, Bromera, and Bullent, advertising agencies and media outlets such as El País and Diari Ara, brands such as Amstel, AVACU (Asociación Valenciana de Consumidores y Usuarios), the Polytechnic University of Valencia, foundations such as Cultura en Vena, and public entities such as the City Council of Valencia, the Generalitat Valenciana, and the Ministry of Equality.
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