Graphic Novel Midterm Flashcards
panel
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border
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gutter
space between the panels
speech balloon
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caption
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thought balloon
show a character’s thoughts
Have bubbles leading to thought instead of a tail (as in speech balloons)
balloon tail
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tier of panels
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emanata
symbol that designates things that are not visible to the naked eye
pysch processes and senses
motion lines
indicates motion
- speed/momentum
- projectory
cartooning
not showing complete details unless necessary
generalizing-putting in the idea
simplification(of shapes, forms)
“masking effect”
backgrounds more realistic and characters more cartooned.
world being seen through the lead character’s eyes
inflected line
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
feathering
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
closure
comic book action is discontinuous
closure between panels
diegesis
diegetic action is continuous(real life action)
the represented world of the story (adj. diegetic)
moment-to-moment
continuous action
doesn’t require much closure
same subject doing same thing panel to panel
action-to-action
same subject doing different action
subject-to-subject
done by different subjects within the same setting
scene-to-scene
transitions transporting us across significant distances, time, and space
aspect-to-aspect
by passes time
shows different aspects of the same scene
non-sequitur
no logical relationship between panels
montage panel
panel that combines several elements that don’t particularly go together
montage sequence
sequence of panels meant to be read quickly
-don’t necessarily have to be read in sequence
word specific (word dominant)
image doesn’t provide a lot of information
picture specific (image dominant)
much more visual information given
duo-specific
words and image give same message
additive
combination of words and images build on one another
parallel
words and images take different courses without intersecting
compressed story telling
telling in less panels
each panel contains a larger fraction of the narrative
decompressed story telling
telling in lots of panels with lots of details
simple layout
arranged A to B to C
-neat, orderly arrangement
complex layout
notice pages as work of art
composition of whole page
shape panels
poster layout
posted on top of each other on one page
much more aware of overall page
