SCRIPT

The comic strip has got different intentions: to provide the texts that will appear on the work (dialogues, narrative texts, onomatopeias, ...); and to mention the different shots and angles that will be used in each vignette; finally, some description of the situacion (if there are birds flying, if it is windy, if there is rain, if there are car running, ...)

These would be the minimum elements to consider if the scriptwriter and the illustrator are not the same person. In case the drawer is the scriptwriter as well, then everything may change, because visual artists usually "see" stories in images. Therefore, they usually sketch the scenes, with notes on the margins, etc.

AN EXAMPLE OF A TECHNICAL SCRIPT

Observe how the following page was made from the technical script, which specifies all the details about it.

 

PRACTISE

  • Choose one page you like a lot from a comic nook. Take the chart above, and write the thechnical scirpt following the stpes. You will notice how important it is to give all the information to do it properly.
  • Inventa un guión técnico. Debuxa a continuación a historia. Podes facelo en parella, establecendo así un pequeno equipo de debuxante e guionista.
  • invent a techcnial script. Then draw the story. You can do it in pairs, making it a drawer.scriptwriter couple.