Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories

Overview

“There are specific ways to write a script aimed at a comic. Many authors no longer do it because they already know what and how they want to tell it. Others, on the other hand, need to be schematic and have a script written on separate paper. Others, on the other hand, need to write it because the work is done in two, therefore the author and the designer are two different people. Now I'm going to show you how I create my script for the course project. ”

In this video lesson Takoua Ben Mohamed addresses the topic: Write the comic book script, 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

“Write the comic book script In this lesson, we will see how to write a comic script. First, I'm going to make a timeline of the chronological order that I have chosen. I usually start by telling the historical part to give the reader a historical insight of the context and the country I'm talking about. Usually, I make two story timelines, starting from the story and the theme and then under personal history of the journey, of the stories of single people, of the return journey. And so now we can start drawing our timeline. It begins by telling the story of the country and then I usually do...”

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

• Level: Beginner
• 90% positive reviews (10)
• 539 students
• 4 units
• 10 lessons (1h 30m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Illustration, Writing

• Areas

  Comic, Creative Writing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration