The top line of this blog are the theory and techniques guides for COMM 273. Along the left column you can see links to student work. Students post their public work here for COMM 273, Media and Popular Culture class at TLU.
I like your insight and how in depth you went but I have to disagree about the separation of panels with one and two. I see them more as together because of word association. She is speaking what she is doing so all of the top is one panel. Then it goes to the second panel which is short because it's like any typical horror film. That scary long stretch of a dark corridor that almost seems to stretch infinitely, and then the last panel is like a close up shot from a wide shot. So a quick transition from panel two to three (three to four for you). It's like a formulated build up scene for a horror film. Creepy door, what's in the door, open the door, mysterious corridor. I agree with you're lines with ominous darkness etc. because those are key elements to horror. Just panel numbers, timing and transitions are arguable. It's more normal, slow, and then quick fast transition.
I really like this particular scene because we get to walk with Karen down the scary staircase, to feel the uncertainty of what lies below through the use of the stretching panels that slow down the reading process. So much intricate detail is given to the hanging ornament of the scary face which makes Karen's werewolf form seem small, insignificant, and childlike. She should not be going down there. Additionally, the rose at the top of the staircase captures the reader's attention with the tiny spot of color on an otherwise compltely black and white page. By using these longer panels, Ferris forces us to stop a moment and search within the drawing for any hidden clues (like the rose and the ghost).
The captivation that is brought upon in the analysis is very efficient. There is much you can work with in terms of the different focal points of the page. You can always elaborate deeper on what you put out in your analysis about how the depth of the lines in this particular page, plays it's overall importance to capture the dynamic set between the main character and the setting.
I like your insight and how in depth you went but I have to disagree about the separation of panels with one and two. I see them more as together because of word association. She is speaking what she is doing so all of the top is one panel. Then it goes to the second panel which is short because it's like any typical horror film. That scary long stretch of a dark corridor that almost seems to stretch infinitely, and then the last panel is like a close up shot from a wide shot. So a quick transition from panel two to three (three to four for you). It's like a formulated build up scene for a horror film. Creepy door, what's in the door, open the door, mysterious corridor. I agree with you're lines with ominous darkness etc. because those are key elements to horror. Just panel numbers, timing and transitions are arguable. It's more normal, slow, and then quick fast transition.
ReplyDeleteI really like this particular scene because we get to walk with Karen down the scary staircase, to feel the uncertainty of what lies below through the use of the stretching panels that slow down the reading process. So much intricate detail is given to the hanging ornament of the scary face which makes Karen's werewolf form seem small, insignificant, and childlike. She should not be going down there. Additionally, the rose at the top of the staircase captures the reader's attention with the tiny spot of color on an otherwise compltely black and white page. By using these longer panels, Ferris forces us to stop a moment and search within the drawing for any hidden clues (like the rose and the ghost).
ReplyDeleteThe captivation that is brought upon in the analysis is very efficient. There is much you can work with in terms of the different focal points of the page. You can always elaborate deeper on what you put out in your analysis about how the depth of the lines in this particular page, plays it's overall importance to capture the dynamic set between the main character and the setting.
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