Way before understanding how to tell stories through language, the humans understood how to do it visually.
Today, more than ever, the imaginative and visual world of stories are one of the main aspects of narratives.
Images allow us to tell concepts and ideas in a more immediate way, giving the listener/viewer more elements enabling them to contextualize the characters and the environment they are moving in.
The concept of visual storytelling includes different formats:
+Images (photos, graphic art)
+Moving images (videos, stories, reels)
+Graphic design elements (logo design / visual brand identity)
All these different formats can be used to tell a story visually, but they can also be used individually to support other non-visual formats.
More about the importance of visual storytelling in narratives:
Dare to be a visual storyteller
The magic of storytelling lies in story listening
5 essential design elements for becoming a visual storyteller