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#120 My Visual Storytelling Process

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#120 My Visual Storytelling Process

A step-by-step guide to the many choices a filmmaker or comics artist makes in telling a story.

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Aug 14, 2022
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#120 My Visual Storytelling Process

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Hello from a (still) hot and (even more) sweaty Britain. Temperature: 35˚C. Days without a good night’s sleep: 27.

From the clammy keyboard of my laptop comes this week’s letter.

I often get overwhelmed by all the decisions to be made in telling a story visually. What are the best moments to show? How should those moments be framed? What’s the most effective composition of those moments?

Working on my zine I figured out a process that makes all of these choices much less intimidating.

Click here to read

This letter is long, packed with pictures and I think will be really helpful for the filmmakers, comics artists and screenwriters among you. I recommend saving it for a quiet moment with a cup of tea.

Until another Sunday soon,

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