Graphic Novels

Question 1

Gutters

Answer 1

The space between framed panels, (Readers tend to ‘fill in the blanks’ and imagine what happens between panels, a process known as ‘closure’)

Question 2

Frame

Answer 2

Boarder around an image that contain the panels

Question 3

Bleed page

Answer 3

Picture runs to the end of the page and/or beyond and is kind of unfinished

Question 4

Splash Page

Answer 4

A panel that spans the width of the page

Question 5

Graphic weight

Answer 5

The amount of colour contrast in an image, or the use of certain patterns. The way some images draw the eye more than others 




Question 6

Foreground

Answer 6

At the front of the image, or something quite central. (The subject and point of focus) If the subject seems closer to the reader, in the front of the scene depicted, it stands in the ‘foreground’.

Question 7

Midground

Answer 7

Not as central in the middle of the scene (natural resting place for vision allowing cantering of the image) (If the subject stands in the middle of the scene that is depicted, thern there it is in the midground.)

Question 8

Background

Answer 8

Objects in the back, (provides Contextual/subtextual information)

Question 9

Transition

Answer 9

The thing between two scenes or sections of the story. They are direct

Question 10

Emanata

Answer 10

Tear drops, sweat question marks, and motion lines to portray emotion

Question 11

Voice over

Answer 11

Narrator speaking directly to the reader (Usually this is done with a hard line separating the narrator’s speech at the top or bottom of a panel from the image within the panel.)

Question 12

The six transition types

Answer 12

Moment to moment, action to action, subject to subject, scene to scene, aspect to aspect, non sequitur

Question 13

Spatial arrangement

Answer 13

Allows immediate juxtaposition of the present and the past

Question 14

Placing an image off centre

Answer 14

Used to create visual tension

Question 15

Panel

Answer 15

Distinct segment of the comic (containing a combination of image and text with endless variety) they offer an experience rather than just reading the text (Panel refers to the framed image. It offers the reader a perspective or point of view on the subjects also known as the camera angle)

Question 16

Captions

Answer 16

Boxes containing a variety of text elements including scene setting, description, etc

Question 17

Speech balloons

Answer 17

Enclose dialogue and come from a specific speaker’s mouth. They vary in size, shape, and layout and can alternate to depict conversation (kind of ‘direct speech’, where the characters speak for themselves.)

Question 18

Speech bubbles are able to show

Answer 18

External or internal dialogue

Question 19

External dialogue

Answer 19

Speech between characters

Question 20

Internal dialogue

Answer 20

A thought enclosed by a balloon that has a series of dots or bubbles going up to it

Question 21

Special effects lettering

Answer 21

Method of drawing attention to text. It often highlights onomatopoeia and reinforces the impact of words such as bang or wow

Question 22

Colour

Answer 22

This affects the audience experience

Question 23

Graphic weight

Answer 23

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To do with emotion

Question 24

Time

Answer 24

Graphic novels and comic books do not have to tell a story in a linear way. Besides the use of transitions between panels artists can explore multiple momentsin one panel, like a collage

Question 25

Camera angle

Answer 25

Long shot, medium shot, close up, bird’s eye view, a high angle, eye-level, or low angle (All of this will have an effect on the reader’s understanding of the subject.)

Question 26

Appearance of Speech Bubbles

Answer 26

If these appear as clouds, they represent the character’s thoughts. If they appear in jagged lines, the character is shouting

Question 27

Style

Answer 27

The artist’s drawing style can be discussed using several terms. Scott McCloud, in Understanding Comics, shows that there are four ‘scales’ of style: complex to simple, realistic to iconic, objective to subjective, specific to universal

Question 28

Panel with no boarder

Answer 28

Create a unique effect where the subject seems to stand outside the storyline

Question 29

Direct narration

Answer 29

N/A

Question 29

Indirect narration

Answer 29

N/A