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Graphic Novel Elements. Comics Vocabulary + Structure. What are Comics (Graphic Novels)?. Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer. ( whew !) Sequential Art. Story Telling/ Literature. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Graphic Novel ElementsGraphic Novel Elements
Comics Vocabulary + Comics Vocabulary + StructureStructure
What are Comics (Graphic Novels)?What are Comics (Graphic Novels)?
Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer. (response in the viewer. (whewwhew!)!)
Sequential ArtSequential Art
Story Telling/ LiteratureStory Telling/ Literature
ReaderReader
NarratorNarrator
JuxtapositionJuxtaposition
Protagonist (Antagonist, etc)Protagonist (Antagonist, etc)
MetaphorMetaphor
SymbolSymbol
more…more…
A Rose by Any Other Name… A Rose by Any Other Name… (different terms/different meanings)(different terms/different meanings)
Dialogue/ Speech BubbleDialogue/ Speech Bubble
Tone (Contents, Presentation – words Tone (Contents, Presentation – words andand pictures)pictures)
Visual ArtVisual Art
PerspectivePerspectiveLineLineShapeShapeTextureTextureShadow/ ShadingShadow/ ShadingStyleStyleNegative Space Negative Space SynestheticsSynesthetics
Martian Alphabet (how visuals carry Martian Alphabet (how visuals carry meaning)meaning)
We have a shared sense of meaning that goes beyond words.We have a shared sense of meaning that goes beyond words.
Which one is Booba? Which is Kiki?Which one is Booba? Which is Kiki?
structure,structure,
layout,layout,
colourcolour
= meaning= meaning
Juliet gets ANGRY!!!Juliet gets ANGRY!!!(Manga Style)(Manga Style)
Other Styles
Line and Shape
Negative SpaceNegative Space
Line and Shape Help Create Mood
ComicsComics
PanelPanel– Panel TransitionsPanel Transitions
GutterGutterClosureClosureDealing with TimeDealing with Time
ExpansionExpansionCompressionCompression
Lettering and Word BalloonsLettering and Word Balloons
Dealing with Time: Dealing with Time: Expansion & CompressionExpansion & Compression
Panel TransitionsPanel Transitions
Moment-to-MomentMoment-to-MomentAction-to-ActionAction-to-ActionSubject-to-SubjectSubject-to-SubjectScene-to-SceneScene-to-SceneAspect-to-AspectAspect-to-Aspect(Non-Sequitur)(Non-Sequitur)
Symbolic/ FigurativeSymbolic/ Figurative
Moment-to-MomentMoment-to-Moment
Same subjectSame subject
Shows passage of timeShows passage of time
Action-to-ActionAction-to-Action
Same subjectSame subject
Shows change in Shows change in physical form of physical form of subject, action subject, action performed (verb)performed (verb)
Subject-to-SubjectSubject-to-Subject
Within scene/ ideaWithin scene/ idea
Shows minute Shows minute passage of timepassage of time
Scene-to-SceneScene-to-Scene
Requires Requires deductivedeductive reasoningreasoningTransports the reader Transports the reader across “significant across “significant distances of time and distances of time and space.”space.”Often supplemented Often supplemented with a transitional with a transitional device in the narrative device in the narrative voice (Meanwhile…)voice (Meanwhile…)
Aspect-to-AspectAspect-to-Aspect
Time may pause Time may pause (Compression)(Compression)ExtensionExtension Same scene, as Same scene, as though the character though the character or reader is “looking or reader is “looking around.”around.”
*think: descriptive *think: descriptive proseprose
Aspect-to-Aspect Aspect-to-Aspect The phenomenon of observing the parts but The phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole is perceiving the whole is closure.closure.
Mood, Time, SynestheticsMood, Time, Synesthetics
Non-SequiturNon-Sequitur
Offers no logical Offers no logical relationship between relationship between the panels.the panels.
Rare.Rare.
Expansion of TimeExpansion of Time
Think about using metaphor and Think about using metaphor and playing with words to enrich meaning.playing with words to enrich meaning.
Lettering and Speech BalloonsLettering and Speech Balloons
With Utmost Respect:With Utmost Respect:
McCloud, Scott. McCloud, Scott. Understanding ComicsUnderstanding Comics. New York: . New York: HarperPerennial, 1993. Print.HarperPerennial, 1993. Print.
Ms. Celia Brownrigg, for a large part of this power-point.Ms. Celia Brownrigg, for a large part of this power-point.
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