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Analysing graphic novels (transitions)

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  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    moment to moment
  • Subject to subject transitions stay within a _____. A degree of reader involvement is necessary to render these transitions meaningful.
    scene or idea
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    non-sequitur
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    action to action
  • Name 3 cartoon features/techniques related to text (words)
    speech bubble, thought bubble, voice over, caption, font, size, labels, language, syntax, diction
  • Name 3 cartoon features/techniques related to illustration
    icons, symbols, line weight, line style, interplay between words and pictures, colours, emanata
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    subject to subject (not a single subject)
  • Dramatic, structural or situational irony? When the truth contradicts an expected outcome, creating a twist or used to emphasise themes
    situational irony
  • Because scene to scene transitions transport us across significant distances of time and space, _____ reasoning is often required.
    deductive
  • Action to action transitions feature how many subjects?
    one
  • Dramatic, structural or situational irony? Used to induce fear, suspense, sympathy for a character or to create comical situations
    dramatic irony
  • Non-sequitur offers no logical ____ between panels whatsoever!
    relationship
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    scene to scene
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    aspect to aspect
  • Name 3 literary devices or stylistic choices telling a narrative
    mood, tone, protagonist/antagonist, plot structure, dynamic/static, dialogue, genre, flashback, POV, indirect/direct narration, time progression
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    non-sequitur
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    subject to subject
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    aspect to aspect
  • Which transition type bypasses time for the most part and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of a place, ideas or mood?
    aspect to aspect
  • Dramatic, structural or situational irony? When the entire story is built around ignorance or deception, usually narrated by an unreliable or naïve protagonist
    structural irony
  • Name 3 cartoon features/techniques related to structure (story, panel organisation)
    gutter, transition, voice over, foreground, background, camera angel, focused object, blurred background, polyptych
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    scene to scene
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    subject to subject
  • Which panel-to-panel transition is this?
    action to action