Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories

Overview

“First of all, you have to choose the theme on which you want to build your story, your comic and your book. Once we have identified the theme, we identify the tone of the story. Tone has an important bearing on the path of the story you will write and a different impact on the reader. For example: let's choose a theme such as the environment. We can tell the environment in a thousand different ways: with an ironic tone, a dramatic tone, a romantic tone, an epic tone, etc. To choose the right tone for your theme, you need to think about how you want to reach your reader? How do you want to touch his sensitivity? We explore these topics in this lesson. ”

In this video lesson Takoua Ben Mohamed addresses the topic: Choose a theme and tone, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories. Use the drawing to represent a true story, news, or event giving voice and face to its protagonists. .

Partial transcription of the video

“Choose a theme and tone In this lesson, I introduce you to the final project of the course. This is a trip I did some time ago to Cambodia and in which I made a report on human trafficking in Cambodia and especially on the condition of women in a context of forced prostitution and forced labour which I then transformed into a graphic journalism comic genre aimed at magazines and the printed book. I chose this theme because it is very close to my heart. You can choose to speak of the condition of women in your country, in your city, or choose another theme that is very important to you. How ...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories

• Level: Beginner
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• 539 students
• 4 units
• 10 lessons (1h 30m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Areas

  Comic, Creative Writing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration