12 October 2022 - 2 November 2022 (Week 7 - Week 14)
Christine Tan Yuen Yan / 0344039
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media/ Illustration and Narrative
Task 3 and Final Project:
Christine Tan Yuen Yan / 0344039
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media/ Illustration and Narrative
Task 3 and Final Project:
ORIGINAL COMIC PLOT, COVER PAGE AND ONE-PAGE INTRODUCTION
LECTURES
'The three - Act Structure
The central theme is the underlying meaning or the main idea of a story.
Often, it is the storyteller's personal opinion on the subject matter.
A story can have both a central theme and a minor theme. A central theme is an idea that is intertwined and repeated throughout the narrative. A little theme is an idea that appears more subtly and does not necessarily repeat.
A story can have both a central theme and a minor theme. A central theme is an idea that is intertwined and repeated throughout the narrative. A little theme is an idea that appears more subtly and does not necessarily repeat.
The conflict is what drives the story, creates tension, builds suspense
and makes the story interesting. Without conflict, there is no compelling
story to tell. Conflict is what engages an audience.
A story includes some characters with different roles and purposes. There
is almost always a protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist is the main
character with a clear goal to accomplish or a conflict to overcome. They
do not always need to be admirable, but they must command an emotional
involvement from the audience.
Antagonists oppose protagonists, standing between them and their ultimate
goals. The antagonist can be presented in the form of any person, place,
thing or situation that represents a tremendous obstacle to the
protagonist.
The three-act structure consists of three acts, as the name implies:
Set-up: The world in which the protagonist exists before the journey. The set-up usually ends with the conflict being revealed.
Rising tension: The series of obstacles the protagonist must overcome. Each obstacle is usually more difficult and with higher stakes than the previous one.
Conflict: This goes along with the rising tension. The climax is the point of highest tension and the major decisive turning point for the protagonist.
Resolution: The conclusion of the conflict is where the protagonist finally overcomes the conflict, learns to accept it, or is ultimately defeated by it. Regardless, this is where the journey ends.
Visual Transitions:
The first page of a comic is the most important because it decides
whether the audience will keep reading or not. Continuity between panels
is important as it tells us whether we are still focusing on the same
story, characters, time, etc. Continuity can be maintained by the frames,
background, characters and the gestalt theory of closure.
The law of closure states that objects grouped together are seen as a
whole. We tend to ignore gaps and completely contour our minds because our
minds fill in the missing information to create familiar shapes and
images. Similarly, this theory of closure applies to sequential panels.
Even though the action happens between two panels, our minds can fill in
the gaps due to the context provided in the story.
You can create the participation of the reader by allowing them to assume
what happens next due to the context provided by the panels. It creates
expectations within the audience to determine how the story ends.
Scott McLoud's transitions are known as
1) Moment to moment
2) Action to action
3) Subject to subject
4) Scene to scene
INSTRUCTIONS
Module Information Booklet:
Task 3 Instruction:
PROCESS OF THE ORIGINAL COMIC PLOT
Theme
Major theme: There's a serial killer on the loose where police have no
clue, no evidence and the worse part is there is no pattern of his killing. Man,
women, elders even children are all his targets. What we know, in every
crime scene, the words 'Be Careful' are carved on the walls of the victims' houses.
People went missing every day, 'and fear' and 'anxiety' surrounded the city.
Police have no clue and no suspect, they only alert citizens that they need
to be careful and be aware if there is any suspected man or woman acting weird, do not hesitate to inform to police.
Minor theme: Few people were murdered by a serial killer, a
boy named Ben, who disappears like the wind, and no one knows where he is, Susan
(secondary teacher) is worried about Ben and that something bad might has happen
to him. Cases kept increasing, and people begin to question the police
performance, 'Why the police are not doing anything!' 'Why they have not
caught the killer already?' 'All of us are living with fear!'
It seems like the killer is good at hiding.
Main Character: Susan, a secondary teacher who focuses on teaching physic and chemical classes, Susan comes from a divorced family. Susan's
profile:
1) Age: 30 years old
2) Weight: 50 kg
3) Specialize: Physic and Chemical
4) A meat lover.
Three-Act Structure
Act 1 - Setup
“Be Careful’, fear of serial killers petrifies the city, and anxiety and fear like wind surround the city. The murder cases kept increasing, as police claims there are no pattern of ‘his’ killing, random people, random weapons and in fact, cases happened in a different cities. Susan, a secondary teacher was worried as one of her students did not attend the class, the student is not answering the call, no sign of his disappearance.
“Be Careful’, fear of serial killers petrifies the city, and anxiety and fear like wind surround the city. The murder cases kept increasing, as police claims there are no pattern of ‘his’ killing, random people, random weapons and in fact, cases happened in a different cities. Susan, a secondary teacher was worried as one of her students did not attend the class, the student is not answering the call, no sign of his disappearance.
Act 2 - Conflict
After finishing work, Susan went back home and was cleaning up her house
whilst the TV is on, an anchorman was announcing the latest updates
about the ‘serial killer’, and alerting citizens to be careful, be
cautious, and lock their doors and windows. Suddenly, the doorbell rang!
it’s the food delivery.
Act 3 - Resolution?
Susan opened the door and thanked him for the service, however, the delivery guy asked Susan a question, which he should not have asked! Susan smiled and invited him into the house, a delivery guy went into the house, and what he saw terrified him Susan held a hammer behind him and hit him straight on the guy's head. Susan's facial expression from a friendly smile changed into a vicious smile.
Susan opened the door and thanked him for the service, however, the delivery guy asked Susan a question, which he should not have asked! Susan smiled and invited him into the house, a delivery guy went into the house, and what he saw terrified him Susan held a hammer behind him and hit him straight on the guy's head. Susan's facial expression from a friendly smile changed into a vicious smile.
PROCESS OF THE COVER PAGE
Visual Reference
Fig 1.1, reference from:
Pinterest
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Fig 1.2, reference from
Pinterest
Fig 1.3, reference from
Pinterest
I got inspired by these pictures that mainly found on Pinterest, and I
selected those that I find the composition interesting. I like fig 1.2
design as the designer used the gestalt theory to create his work I like
how the idea is well presented and well informed.
Fig 1.4, the outline of creating 'the pot of bones'
Fig 1.5, the attempted look at the cover page
The final outcome for the cover page.
The final outcome for the cover page in pdf
PROCESS OF THE ONE-PAGE INTRODUCTION
Visual Reference
Fig 2.1, reference from
Joel Corcia
Fig 2.2, reference from
SpiderMan
I like the panel composition, hence I try to use it as a reference for my
project. I draft a very rough sketch to have a rough idea of what I can put on my panel. (please ignore the draft comics below, is a very rough sketch....)
Fig 2.3, rough sketch in pdf
After receiving feedback, I begin to work on my one-page introduction:
Fig 2.4, progression of 'Be Careful'
Fig 2.4, The outline for the one-page introduction.
Fig 2.5, The final outcome for the one-page introduction.
Fig 2.6, The final outcome for a one-page introduction in pdf
Fig 2.7, used Photoshop to create the animation,
Fig 2.8. Animated one-page introduction.
Feedback
Week 10: The structure is good, probably can clarify the story it will be more better, overall it is good.
Week 11: No feedback is given.
Week 12: The cover page is lacking due to the visual effect, try to change the background colour to a more impactful and the left side is a bit too empty probably could add some element to it.
Week 13: The panel for the one-page might seems to have too much information, which can cut off some of the parts, otherwise the structure is good.
Week 14: The idea of it is interesting and it has scary effects it which draw viewers' attention, the cover page is nice and attractive.
REFLECTION
Throughout the whole journey for this module: Illustration and Visual Narrative, I enjoyed learning more about comics, a few parts that I learnt during the class it helps me understand more about comics, and build up characters and storylines. One of the examples is I learned how to shape our character and how to use shapes to identify which character is the main character and which one is the villain, most of the main characters will be designed in better proportions in size and shape, while villains usually tend to be long and rectangle or either very rounded which looks unbalanced. I find myself having fun on this module and it is interesting that we get to create our own comic and build a character on our own, although I'm not strong on creating comics however I really appreciate using this opportunity to explore a field that I have not encountered.
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