Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling
Story Time
A course by Fred Van Lente , Writer
About the video: Story Time
Overview
““Where do you get your story ideas from?” is a question I see as almost identical to “Where do you get your oxygen from?” Anywhere you can, my friend! As we're going to create a short comics script together, I’ll share with you my own story idea. You will also learn my own tricks for unleashing creativity. ”
In this video lesson Fred Van Lente addresses the topic: Story Time, 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
“ Story Time In this lesson, we'll talk about developing the initial story idea. I hope you came to this course with a story idea in mind. If you didn't or you're feeling conflicted, let's talk about some ways you can move that process along. If you're having trouble coming up with a story idea, try this. Pause this video, go to the store, talk with friends, go to a bar, go about the rest of your day, then, go to sleep, wake up, come back here and turn on the video. What's your story about? Whatever popped into your head as I said that, before your anxieties and doubts had a chance to assai...”
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Course summary for: Script Writing for Comics: Explore Visual Storytelling
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Category
Illustration, Writing -
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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