Transcript The Walking Dead

WHY IS READ GRAPHIC NOVELS ?
• Superb texts that are quick
• re-read mean deeper analysis: literary
content
• Media is more complex
What is A Graphic Novel?
•Debates: Long, sequential, comic-style
narrative.
•Medium not a genre
CONVENTIONS
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Panels
Frames
Gutter
Speech bubbles/
Thought
Captions
Sound effects
Perspective
Transitions
Caption
Thought
Bubble
Panel
Gutter
Scream
Frame
Sound Effect
Dialogue
Bubble
Speech and Thought Bubbles
PERSPECTIVE:
Camera Lens
• Same vocabulary as film and photography
– Distance: Zoom, Close-up, medium-shot, long-shot
– Camera Movement: Panning and tracking (dolly)
Transitions
Panel to panel transitions:
from one panel to the next:
1.Moment-to-moment
2. Action-to-action
3. Subject-to-subject
4. Scene-to-scene
5. Aspect-to-aspect
6. Non-sequitur
(http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php?title=Panel-to-panel_transitions)
The Walking Dead
Moment-tomoment:
little change
takes place
between
panels.
-an important
moment is
“slowed
down”
Star Superman
Action-to-action:
The actions of a
single subject are
shown.
-fast action and
dialogue is used.
The Walking
Dead
Subject-tosubject:
Transitions
between
different
subjects
Used for
conversations.
MAUS
Scene-toscene:
“significant
distances of
time and
space.“
a flashback or a
switch of
perspective, a
new idea
Who Killed Retro
Girl?
Aspect-to Aspect:
“Bypasses time and
sets a wandering
eye on different
aspects of a setting,
mood, idea.”
ORIGINAL
NON-SEQUITUR
no logical connection
they are juxtaposed with
one another
experimental or abstract.
make the reader tmake
connections.
Transitions: ACTIVITY
• Part 1- Create a moment-to-moment six panel
sequence that shows you waking up and getting ready
for school
• Part 2- Create an aspect-to-aspect panel sequence of
the same event.
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Metacognition:
Which do you prefer and why?
Which shows emotions and details best?
Which is more exiting to you, why?
ACTIVITY: HOW ARE YOU FEELING
TODAY?
-Look at the feeling panel and choose feeling that
best represents your mood. Draw a picture of
yourself (Choose an appropriate perspective/
camera lense)
-Include a variety of conventions of graphic novel:
thought bubble, speech bubble, and caption. Use at
least two kinds of transitions and use different
perspective (distance and angle) in each panel.
-What is the biggest challenge to this task?
-What can you do to make it easier?