Graphic Novel Midterm

Question 1

panel

Answer 1

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Question 2

border

Answer 2

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Question 3

gutter

Answer 3

space between the panels

Question 4

speech balloon

Answer 4

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Question 5

caption

Answer 5

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Question 6

thought balloon

Answer 6

show a character’s thoughts

Have bubbles leading to thought instead of a tail (as in speech balloons)

Question 7

balloon tail

Answer 7

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Question 8

tier of panels

Answer 8

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Question 9

emanata

Answer 9

symbol that designates things that are not visible to the naked eye
pysch processes and senses

Question 10

motion lines

Answer 10

indicates motion

• speed/momentum
• projectory

Question 11

cartooning

Answer 11

not showing complete details unless necessary
generalizing-putting in the idea
simplification(of shapes, forms)

Question 12

“masking effect”

Answer 12

backgrounds more realistic and characters more cartooned.

world being seen through the lead character’s eyes

Question 13

inflected line

Answer 13

line that changes in thickness depending on how much pressure was applied to the drawing tool
-size of line can depend on size of character
done to give visual interest
distinguish characters from background

Question 14

feathering

Answer 14

putting small lines together side by side to show change from black to white
-forming a saw-tooth effect
means of making a grey area when using only black and white

Question 15

closure

Answer 15

comic book action is discontinuous

closure between panels

Question 16

diegesis

Answer 16

diegetic action is continuous(real life action)

the represented world of the story (adj. diegetic)

Question 17

moment-to-moment

Answer 17

continuous action
doesn’t require much closure
same subject doing same thing panel to panel

Question 18

action-to-action

Answer 18

same subject doing different action

Question 19

subject-to-subject

Answer 19

done by different subjects within the same setting

Question 20

scene-to-scene

Answer 20

transitions transporting us across significant distances, time, and space

Question 21

aspect-to-aspect

Answer 21

by passes time

shows different aspects of the same scene

Question 22

non-sequitur

Answer 22

no logical relationship between panels

Question 23

montage panel

Answer 23

panel that combines several elements that don’t particularly go together

Question 24

montage sequence

Answer 24

sequence of panels meant to be read quickly

-don’t necessarily have to be read in sequence

Question 25

word specific
(word dominant)

Answer 25

image doesn’t provide a lot of information

Question 26

picture specific
(image dominant)

Answer 26

much more visual information given

Question 27

duo-specific

Answer 27

words and image give same message

Question 28

additive

Answer 28

combination of words and images build on one another

Question 29

parallel

Answer 29

words and images take different courses without intersecting

Question 30

compressed story telling

Answer 30

telling in less panels

each panel contains a larger fraction of the narrative

Question 31

decompressed story telling

Answer 31

telling in lots of panels with lots of details

Question 32

simple layout

Answer 32

arranged A to B to C

-neat, orderly arrangement

Question 33

complex layout

Answer 33

notice pages as work of art
composition of whole page
shape panels

Question 34

poster layout

Answer 34

posted on top of each other on one page

much more aware of overall page