Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
The classical structure: acts and turning points
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
Joined June 2018
About the video: The classical structure: acts and turning points
Overview
“In this lesson we will see how important it is, since we began to write history, to have an outline where strengths, moments of conflict and interest are determined.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: The classical structure: acts and turning points, 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
“The classical structure: acts and turning points In this lesson, we will see how important it is, when writing, have a good structure where to work and reflect the strengths, the important turns, and the most important moments of the narrative. Let's see it. We will see what the classical structure is. The other day we saw the narrative triangle. We saw what the architrama, the miniframe, and the antiframe was. What we will work on today will be the architrama, the classical structure. We start with a sentence, in this case by David Mamet, American playwright and filmmaker: "Once upon a tim...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
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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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