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The following relates to a Chinese form of strip cartoon (bande dessinée). Not sure what découpage is in English, sequencing perhaps?
Thanks for any help...
Présentation de ce genre illustré peu connu, dont le découpage est inspiré par le cinéma.
This is a word which means various things in various contexts and requires more care in translating than simply applying the definition "shooting script", used in cinema. In the present case it means something along the lines of "the way the action/story/narrative is cut up (découpé) into the boxes of the comic strip".Termium Plus m'a donne un des résultats :
Découpage : Texte comportant le scénario détaillé d'un film, y compris les scènes et dialogues.
1. editorial script
2. editorial shooting script
3. shooting script
"Story pacing" is rather vague and general. Here there is a precise reference to the shooting script (the découpage, or découpage technique) in cinema, meaning the script laid out ready to shoot, with single images like in a comic strip to show how each scene begins (the film storyboard, with a new image for each new scene or change of shot).the story pacing
the narrative rhythm/construction