Narrative Techniques for Comics with Soul
The kitchen of the script: simmering
A course by Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou , 2019 National Comic Award (Spain)
Joined June 2018
About the video: The kitchen of the script: simmering
Overview
“In this last lesson we are going to teach you different resources to finish your stories in an effective way.”
In this video lesson Cristina Durán & Miguel Á. Giner Bou addresses the topic: The kitchen of the script: simmering, 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 kitchen of the script: simmering Already seen the first part of the kitchen of the script, We will continue with the second part, with the fight against clichés, simmering. I show you how. We will see the following points. First it would be anticipation and fulfillment, anaphora and parallelism, count in parallel, which is not parallel mounting, do not confuse it, the deus ex maquina, the "What if?" and the Bechdel test. Let's start with anticipation and fulfillment. What is this? When narrating it is announced that the liberator of the oppressed people will come and the liberator appea...”
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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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