Prerequisites

• University degree in media or human sciences.

Course Description

Writing for visuals may sometimes seem like a simple process limited to description or repetition, so to speak. Alternatively, it can be a process that requires a great deal of skill and creativity, or one that demands a deep understanding, broad culture, and a keen aesthetic sense of spoken and visual language and their connotations. Where do visual language and spoken language intersect? What happens when an image is connected to text, and what are the aspects of the relationship and correlation between the visual and spoken aspects? These questions and more will be answered through this course, aiming to create a cultural and aesthetic foundation for creative writing to the picture.

Course Objective

By the end of this course, participants will:
• Distinguish between written language and visual language.
• Analyze the symbolism of images and their journalistic and written connotations.
• Establish a balance between text and visuals in television work.

Course Outline

• Written language and visual language:
- Differences between writing for radio and television.
- Concept of visual language.
- Concept of written or spoken language.
- Audience’s visual and verbal perception.

• Creative visual composition:
- Journalistic and symbolic meanings of images.
- Balance in the use of picture symbolism.
- Picture sizes and their visual and written connotations.
- Building editing plan: enhancing the shot’s value.

• Creative relationship between picture and text:
- Short sentences and dynamic live style.
- Importance of openings: the first sentence and the first shot.
- Importance of punctuation and audio in the transition from an idea to another.
- Importance of the conclusion: the final shot and the open end.

Course Benefits

• A graduation certificate by Aljazeera Media Institute.