The Comic is Another Story
The Script (theory)
A course by Paco Roca , Comic Book Author and Illustrator
About the video: The Script (theory)
Overview
“Once I've decided what idea I'm going to do and I've started to document, I'm going over what I want to have with her.”
In this video lesson Paco Roca addresses the topic: The Script (theory), which is part of the Domestika online course: The Comic is Another Story. Learn to create a graphic story, from the idea to the final illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“in this lesson we are going to talk about the script we had already said well since we have seen all the part of of documentation trying understand the story and how it is sometimes, 's good to get carried away by where you're getting the documentation there are times that you start with a preconceived idea of good towards where it's going to go or that you want to tell and then you realize that you can not go in that direction you have to go in another one suddenly find a part of the story that you consider that is interesting and changes you a bit what you wanted to tell so good is a part...”
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Course summary for: The Comic is Another Story
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Category
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Areas
Comic, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Storyboard
Paco Roca
A course by Paco Roca
Paco Roca considers himself one of those fortunate people who has managed to make their childhood dream come true. He always wanted to make a living by drawing and currently works as a comic book author and illustrator. He has collaborated on a wide variety of illustration projects across many sectors, from advertising to press and publishing, and his work has been featured in the culture supplement Babelia and El País Semanal, as well as in Las Provincias, Corriere della Sera, and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
As for comics, he began publishing in the Spanish magazine El Víbora, which led to his standalone works GOG, El Juego Lúgubre, Hijos de la Alhambra, El Faro, Arrugas (which earned him the National Comic Award, among others), Las Calles de Arena, Emotional World Tour, El invierno del dibujante, Memorias de un hombre en pijama, La Metamorfosis, and Los surcos del azar.
He has also worked in television and radio and collaborated as a screenwriter and character designer in the film adaptation of his graphic novel Arrugas, earning him a Goya Award for best adapted screenplay. In recent years, he's been traveling the globe participating in exhibits, teaching workshops, and giving talks about his work.
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