Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
The technical script, part two
A course by Gabriel Rodríguez , Writer and comic artist
About the video: The technical script, part two
Overview
“We continue to check how a professional comic script is written in a professional format and by writing the script of our own four-or five-page science fiction and fantasy story.”
In this video lesson Gabriel Rodríguez addresses the topic: The technical script, part two, which is part of the Domestika online course: Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics. Create fantasy comic strips from the technical script to the sheet in pencil.
Partial transcription of the video
“The fundamental issue to keep in mind when one works the text of a cartoon is that one has to give the drawing much information as possible to save that information in terms of text that is placed on top. Why? Because the space for text in a story is limited. So it's very important that everything you write in the dialog boxes or text boxes that are inserted in the panels is something fundamental that you can not express through drawing. Another important thing too, is, again, do not be rigid with the method. If you're in the panel descriptions on the first pass through the script and at th...”
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Course summary for: Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Traditional illustration
Gabriel Rodríguez
A course by Gabriel Rodríguez
Gabriel Rodríguez Pérez studied architecture at the Catholic University of Chile, although he has been dedicated exclusively to comic drawing and screenwriting for almost fifteen years. At the end of 2002 he published his first comic book for IDW Publishing and since then he has worked with them on more than thirty editorial projects.
In 2008 he created, along with screenwriter Joe Hill, the horror and fantasy series Locke & Key, which has been extended from two graphic novels to a series of six books in more than fifteen languages and an adaptation as a series for Netflix.
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