The Leap from Comics to Camera

For years, the world of comic books had been my creative outlet. Writing scripts, creating characters, and collaborating with artists to bring stories to life was an exhilarating process. Comics taught me how to tell stories visually and how to convey emotion, movement, and meaning in a few panels.

For more than ten years, I’ve been writing scripts for comics, thinking about every shot, every angle, and how the story would look on screen. This whole deep dive into storytelling has been my base, and now I’m taking that to the next level as I get into filmmaking.

I have just finished a short screenplay called “Last Post” and i want to share the lessons I have learnt so fan in all the process as i aim to film, edit and put it out there.

I’ve always been a huge film fan. From the first time I watched Star Wars with my borther as a kid , it totally hooked me to breaking down scenes to see how they hit, cinema has just been my thing and is almoist strange it has taken me so loing to get into it.

Jumping from comics to film wasn’t a simple choice. Comics was a place where I totally got the rules and how everything worked. But film?

That was like a whole new world. It’s one thing to picture a scene in your head; it’s a whole different ballgame to actually make it happen on camera. Still, the challenge fired me up. I was curious about how the storytelling skills I picked up in comics could work in movies.

Both mediums are all about the visuals, but they go about it in totally different ways. In comics, the page is like your stage, and you control time by how readers flip through the panels. But in film, time just keeps rolling, and every single frame has to vibe together to pull viewers into the story. The tools might differ, but the aim’s still the same: to connect with the audience.

I’m jumping into this because I really want to grow as a storyteller. Filmmaking lets you play around with sound, movement, and acting—stuff that comics can only hint at. The thought of directing a scene, shaping how an actor performs, and seeing a story come to life in real-time is super scary but also really exciting.

So this blog, Viewfinder Chronicles, is just my way of keeping track of this journey. I’ll be sharing the lessons I pick up, the mistakes I stumble through, and the wins I celebrate. I hope my experience might inspire others who are thinking of taking their own creative jumps—be that going from comics to photography or any other route that takes them out of their comfort zone.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned so far, it’s that storytelling is storytelling. Whether it’s on a page or a screen, the heart of a great story lies in its ability to resonate with others. And so, with equal parts excitement and trepidation, I’m picking up the camera to see where this journey takes me.

I am already proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator from my comic book creating time and created all the logos and done all the lettering for my own books as well as many more for other writers and artists.

Anyways, thanks for reading if you got this far and hope to see you again soon.

Alex