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Comics Talk 2- Narration part 2
Jan. 6th, 2009 08:05 pmI wanted to pull a quote from Chuck Pahlanuik for narration part two.
This is from the commentary track of the Fight Club DVD.
"[Big Voice] narration should not foreard the plot. It should add philosophy, it should add outlook. But it should not add plot." He say that he got this from his writing coach, and I have to say it's great advice.
The plot in a comic, like in a film needs to show the plot. But if you want hat extra layer of narration make sure it doesn't ovewhelm and take the place of showing what's going on. Fight Club is the perfect to watch as an example of this. The Narrator (called in the film) Jack is swept up in circumstance. The PLOT is what happens to him. The NARRATION is his reflections on what's happening. But the narration doesn't explain the plot. It becomes a widow, rather than the scene beyond. The narration BELONGS to a character. NOT to a third person omniciant narrator which is infact the author trying to feed the plot to the reader.
So, for narration done right, watch Fight Club.
This is from the commentary track of the Fight Club DVD.
"[Big Voice] narration should not foreard the plot. It should add philosophy, it should add outlook. But it should not add plot." He say that he got this from his writing coach, and I have to say it's great advice.
The plot in a comic, like in a film needs to show the plot. But if you want hat extra layer of narration make sure it doesn't ovewhelm and take the place of showing what's going on. Fight Club is the perfect to watch as an example of this. The Narrator (called in the film) Jack is swept up in circumstance. The PLOT is what happens to him. The NARRATION is his reflections on what's happening. But the narration doesn't explain the plot. It becomes a widow, rather than the scene beyond. The narration BELONGS to a character. NOT to a third person omniciant narrator which is infact the author trying to feed the plot to the reader.
So, for narration done right, watch Fight Club.
