Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
The technical script
A course by Gabriel Rodríguez, Writer and comic artist
About the video: The technical script
Overview
“Now we will learn how to write a technical comic script in professional format and write the script of our own story of science fiction and fantasy, four or five pages.”
In this video lesson Gabriel Rodríguez addresses the topic: The technical script, 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
“In this third lesson. we will at last begin working on the technical script of our story. diving into the details. In this process. we meticulously shape our ideas from the outline. employing a step-by-step technique. This allows us to define. page by page. how we will effectively resolve each aspect. Definitely. the distribution of panels. the dramatic intensity. and the text content of each of our pages. In this instance. i initiate the document by focusing on a fundamental structure which incorporates the following elements: clearly. the title of the work positioned at the very top. Afte...”
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Course summary for: Capturing Stories in Fantasy Comics
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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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