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Avisual narrative (alsovisual 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 stillphotography,illustration, orvideo, and can be enhanced withgraphics, music, voice and other audio.
The term "visual narrative" has been used to describe several genres of visual storytelling, from news and information (photojournalism, thephoto essay, thedocumentary film) to entertainment (art, movies, television,comic books, thegraphic novel). In short, any kind of a story, told visually, is a visual narrative.
It can also be used as a form of visual communication as people naturally use stories to understand the world and express their stories. In some circumstances, visual narrative can be misleading, misinformative, or disinformative.[2]
The visual narrative has also been of interest to the academic community as scholars, thinkers and educators have sought to understand the impact and power of image and narrative in individuals and societies. The corresponding discipline is calledvisualnarratology.[3]
Visual narrative might include:
Dana Clancy curated her MFA program at CFA to visual narrative where they will be exploringnarrative art in both visual and written forms. She allowed her students to explore different types of media and genres.[4]