Truth and Storytelling: Scripting the Visual Narrative

This book aims to help writers create more authentic visual storytelling in a world where "post-truth" narratives are prevalent. It offers a guide for finding authenticity in fictional narrative, using storyboarding to explain ideas and emphasizing the importance of finding a unique creative voice. While primarily focused on scripts for moving image media, the guide can be adapted to other forms of storytelling.

Format: Hardback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2022
Publisher: Anthem Press

The aim of this book is to assist writers in developing greater authenticity in visual storytelling. Art serves as a mirror, reflecting the essence of human existence and the myriad aspects of life that are glorious, tragic, wondrous, and humorous. In a time when "post-truth" narratives dominate, where derivative and blatantly false stories are readily accessible globally, and digitally streamed, this book delves into the implications for both artists and audiences when the mirror is consistently distorted, inaccurate, and biased. The book provides a comprehensive guide for discovering authenticity in fictional narratives, irrespective of genre or form. It serves as a compass for writers to gain a deeper understanding of the truths they wish to convey through narrative stories and to establish legitimacy in the fictional characters and situations they create.

One unique aspect of this book is its use of storyboarding to illustrate concepts. While numerous books offer fundamental principles of writing and producing for the screen, promising the reader immense success through formulaic approaches, this book aims to guide writers in discovering their distinctive creative voice. While the primary focus of this book is on developing scripts intended for the production of moving image media, the guidance provided can be adapted to the creativity of storytellers across various media fields.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785273070