M2 Images and narrative

The Master in Images and Narrative – Comics focuses on the search for new forms of storytelling and offers a field of experimentation in which the narrative codes of the medium are called into question.

Students are invited to deconstruct, reorganise and reinvent these codes in the service of a personal vision, and to be bold by proposing projects off the beaten narrative and pictorial track.

They experiment with page layout, composition, text-image relationships and storytelling, using unusual tools, media and techniques, and explore narrative techniques from other fields.

The aim is to forge an original approach in which every graphic and narrative choice becomes a question, a piece of research, a way of asserting oneself as a unique voice in the world of comics.

The difference between the Master in Images and Narrative and the specialised Master in Comics lies in the learning objectives: the specialised Master in Comics gives a central place to the final project, which takes the form of a book or comic album, potentially intended for publishers;

whereas the Master in Images and Narrative is focused on experimentation: students engage in graphic research and free scriptwriting, driven by clear intentions that lead to a final outcome. This work is accompanied by an artistic thesis that feeds the student’s reflection; together, these two elements make up the final project.

External work placements, meetings with authors, scriptwriters and publishers, and occasional workshops complete the programme. Every student takes part in designing and publishing the studio’s annual collective book.

The Master in Images and Narrative – Comics is for students who have completed the first cycle of higher education in the visual arts and one year of a master’s programme.

They already have an in-depth knowledge of visual storytelling.

Access is also possible through bridging routes, on the basis of a portfolio of personal work reviewed by a jury.