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A visual narrative (also visual storytelling) [1] is a story told primarily through the use of visual media. This can be images in the mind, digital, and traditional media. [ 2 ] The story may be told using still photography , illustration , or video , and can be enhanced with graphics , music, voice and other audio.
A photographic essay or photo-essay for short is a form of visual storytelling, a way to present a narrative through a series of images. A photo essay delivers a story using a series of photographs and brings the viewer along a narrative journey. [1] Examples of photo essays include: A web page or portion of a web site.
Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation or instilling moral values. [1]
In comics studies, sequential art is a term proposed by comics artist Will Eisner [1] to describe art forms that use images deployed in a specific order for the purpose of graphic storytelling [2] (i.e., narration of graphic stories) [3] or conveying information. [2] The best-known example of sequential art is comics. [4]
In Storytelling Rights: The uses of oral and written texts by urban adolescents, author Amy Shuman offers the following definition of storytelling rights: "the important and precarious relationship between narrative and event and, specifically, between the participants in an event and the reporters who claim the right to talk about what happened."
Founded in 1993, the Society for Storytelling is a UK-based society which support the art of traditional storytelling. Open to anyone with an interest in the form, it coordinates National Storytelling Week [1] which takes place in January of each year. Former Storytelling Laureate Taffy Thomas is currently Patron of the Society.
A Graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. Some would have its use restricted only to long-form narratives, while others use it as a synonym for "comics" or "comic book". [1] [2] [3] Others again define it as a book with a square-bound spine, even if it is a collection of short stories. [4]
"The Menace of the Hour" by George Luks, published in The Verdict magazine, 30 Jan. 1899.. Antecedents to comics journalism included printmakers like Currier and Ives, who illustrated American Civil War battles; political cartoonists like Thomas Nast; and George Luks, who was dubbed a "war artist" for his work from the front lines of the Spanish–American War. [9]