Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling
Important Terminology
A course by Fred Van Lente , Writer
About the video: Important Terminology
Overview
“Is it “Comics,” “Graphic novels,” “Sequential art,” or “Manga?” In my teaching and travels, I’ve found there’s a lot of confusion about which term is the right one. Let’s clear that up right now with a quick history lesson. ”
In this video lesson Fred Van Lente addresses the topic: Important Terminology, which is part of the Domestika online course: Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling. Learn to create professional scripts for comic books and graphic novels featuring scene descriptions, characters, and dialogue.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll talk a little bit about terminology. I think this is useful to begin with because there's a lot of insecurity around the correct terms to use for comics. In fact, when we were starting to do this Domestika course, Domestika had it as writing for sequential art until I asked them to change it to writing for comics and graphic novels. A lot of this comes from where comics come from. and they're shifting positions in American society. Comics as we know them, really started in the late 19th century. Sure. you had... Cave paintings and people would use medieval woodcuts and...”
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Course summary for: Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling
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Areas
Comic, Communication, Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Script, Storyboard, Storytelling
Fred Van Lente
A course by Fred Van Lente
Fred Van Lente is a best-selling writer specializing in comic books and graphic novels. He fell in love with the medium as a child, teaching himself to read via comics at four years old and experimenting with drawing his own. He went on to study film at Syracuse University and join the school comics club where he met a group of illustrators and comic book artists. They later moved in together in New York City and set their sights on breaking into the comics industry.
Together, Fred and his university alumni created the crime comic The Silencers which caught the attention of Marvel Comics. He then spent the next decade working for Marvel on comics like The Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man Legacy, and Wolverine: First Class. Fred also co-wrote The Incredible Hercules and wrote a how-to book for Random House called Make Comics Like the Pros. He has written comics that have been used for movies such as Cowboys & Aliens, and is a published novelist and playwright.
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