Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
The 6 essential questions
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
Joined June 2018
About the video: The 6 essential questions
Overview
“The first few pages (the first few minutes) of a narrative are of vital importance to the storyteller. In them we are going to show the cards with which our reader will accept to play our game. In those first moments we are going to say: this world where the story takes place is like that, it has this coherence.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: The 6 essential questions, 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 six essential questions The first few pages of a story are crucial. There we will see the cards with which we will play. To do this, the essential questions are answered. Let's see. We will work the first pages of our stories. We saw the classic structure, what was the trigger, the first act. Today we will work mainly with that first act. We will divide it in two. The first point will be those first pages, that moment where we will make the story interesting, and for this we will see how to put our reader on alert, That is to say, let him put himself in such a way that that story starts...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
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Category
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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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