Human Diastrophism Chart

Panel	Transition	Time/Speed	Lines	Abstraction	Words/Images
1	1-2: Moment-to-Moment	Single moment, quick and urgent	The female silhouette is smooth and round to show femininity & serenity; sharp lines in background to show urgency and anxiety	4	Interdependent: story-line separate from but related to images
2	2-3: Action-to-Action	Single moment quick and urgent	Short, sharp lines to show urgency and chaos, anxiety, and madness	3.5	Interdependent: Story-line separate from but related to images
3	3-4: Action-to-Action	Quick, urgent, anxious	Smooth swirls to show separate subject, rounded agape faces to show horrified expression	3.5	Interdependent pictures illustrate a flashback of what the words refer to
4	4-5: Scene-to-scene	Slower, taking time to observe the occurrence, static	Bold lines to draw attention to faces’ awe and horror	3	Interdependent: pictures illustrate a flashback of what the words refer to
5	5-6: Subject-to-subject	Real-time due to conversation, slower than previous emphasized by long panel, less urgency than prior panels	Straight, sharp, close together lines to shade the background and fade it in contrast with the smooth, mostly white space of the face to convey emotion and focus on the subject	3.5	Word specific: conversation makes sense and is central without the picture, picture just illustrates implied emotion
6	6-7: Action-to-action	Slow-real-time, conversation with some implied pauses	Smooth lines to reduce female character to her expression, dynamic shaded lines to show sadness age and wisdom of man	Man: 3.5, Woman: 4	Word specific: conversation works on its own, pictures simply illustrate the differences in the characters further
7		Slowest panel, conversation and implied long pauses	Smooth lines contrasting with sharp, abundant lines to show femininity versus masculinity, difference in age, and difference in wisdom/personality	3.5	Interdependent: pictures necessarily to explain the pauses implied by the conversation