Oct. 18-Pierzchala
Today’s reading was a comic sketch again. This sketch was about the flow of comics themselves. An interesting thing that this pointed out is that what a comic is NOT showing is equally as important as what it is showing. These between spaces add drastically to the idea of a comic. It also attempts to portray the importance of how a scene is portrayed. For example, if a given scene is attempting to show a man finding a key on the ground, showing a curious man bending down is completely different than showing a man simply standing above a key. He also attempts to show the importance of what scenes themselves are shown. For the same idea of a man finding a key, the number of scenes, action, and fill make a huge difference.
This comic strip stressed the importance of two main things; the need to demonstrate clear ideas and to keep viewers interested all the way through. The author also introduces readers to different types of scene and transitions. There are 5 main types; choice of moment, choice of frame, choice of image, choice of word, and choice of flow. These elements, combined with scene selection choices, scene length, and blank space selection are really what create a comic. How they are composed define its effectiveness.