any image used to represent a person, place, thing, or idea
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What is transition?
relate to the different ways to interpret meaning when moving from panel to panel
100
Why don't the authors of graphic novels draw all of the events into one frame?
The panel is an indicator that time has passed, (although some panels include multiple events
100
Why might an artist choose to draw in soft curvy thin lines?
to show abstract visual information, such as smell, or smoke. These lines will be interpreted differently based on the information surrounding it
100
What is one reason that the author of a graphic novel may not use color?
these colors objectify the subject matter, black and white does not.
Color is more expensive.
200
Why do Graphic Novel authors simplify the faces of their characters so they seem unrealistic?
to allow a more broad group of people to identify with the character, and to make sure the audience's attention is focused on the message.
200
correctly explain what closure is?
observing all of the pats of the graphic novel, but perceiving the information as a whole.
200
What is a motion line?
"motion lines" are icons within panels to show that the characters are in movement
200
how can a Graphic Novel author make lines seem more severe or scary?
By making them thicker.
200
What are the primary colors?
blue, yellow red
300
explain why the statement "you are not looking at a pipe?" is actually not a joke?
You are not looking at a literal pipe, you are looking at an image that represents a pipe.
300
What is the difference between action to action transition scenes and subject to subject?
in action to action scenes, the reader follows a different action into the next panel, whereas in subject to subject, the subject matter stays the same in each panel.
300
What is the special Japanese way of showing motion?
subjective motion
300
What are the two responses an author of a graphic novel is trying to evoke?
emotional or sensual
300
true or false, entire scenes can be solely about color?
True
400
Why don't Egyptian Hieroglyphics count as comics?
The images make up an alphabet or language.
400
What are the types of panel-to-panel transitions?
Moment-to-moment, action-to-action, subject-to-subject, scene-to-scene, aspect-to-aspect, and non-sequitur.
400
What does McCloud mean by the statement that comics are both additive and subtractive?
The author can stretch out a story or condense it by adding or removing material.
400
Background can be helped to show a characters _______.
Emotions
400
What is the most common type of word/picture combination?
Interdependent
500
What is Scott McCloud's definition of comics?
Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.
500
What three types of transitions are most commonly used in American and European comics?
A scene where a moving figure or figures are imposed over a continuous background.
500
What term describes the process of creating an art form that appeals to all the senses and in doing so unites the different art forms which appealed to those different senses?
Synaesthetics.
500
True or False, in parallel picture/word combinations, the connection between the words and the image may not be obvious.