Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling
On the Same Page
A course by Fred Van Lente , Writer
About the video: On the Same Page
Overview
“If panels are the sentences of your story, then the page is the paragraph. Managing page layout and length is probably the single most important skill of a comics storyteller, and I’ll introduce the basics here. Then, we’re going to break out drawing implements and sketch out a page of our own. No drawing skills required! ”
In this video lesson Fred Van Lente addresses the topic: On the Same Page, 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, I'll be talking to you about page layout. The difference between comics and movies is comics don't move. I know I just blew your minds, right? Aren't you glad you took this course? But seriously, Comics are about the management of real estate. How many panels are on a page? How many pages are in a book? how many figures are inside a panel, So really learning page layout is one of the most important skills you can have. even if you're doing a Webtoon-style comic, is a single continuous strip. learning the concept. behind. Page layout is extremely important. in movies, you can...”
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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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