For the last week I have been building up not only visual research to help my comic dialogue but also writing it. Yes, writing!
It became apparent that if I tried to organise dialogue with introducing educational principles, theory ect, and visuals it ended up to be very messy. So, I have been drawn to write a script. This way I can organise my thoughts and knowledge I want to cover in a story format with sidebar information on what it will look like. After I can draft out the frames by hand, edit and then move to the computer. Everyone reading this post which I think is just two people should see at least the first draft script of issue 1 in about three weeks. Hopefully the layouts as well.
I’ve become more and more interested in how comics tell stories and not I have been doing in the past which have been short strips. “Education” movies have been an inspiration and while I love comical scenarios in films like Ferris Bueller and Animal House or behind the scenes takes in the BBC’s Teacher series I’m going to to keep the “tone” of the comic somewhere in middle.
Something I have been thinking about in general and for another project. How can reflection be structured in the design process? Can it be shown as a tool in practice to illicit obtainable results. Confusing. Next Blog
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