ILLUSTRATION AND VISUAL NARRATIVE / TASK 3 : TRANSITIONS

05.12.2023 - 09.12.2023

Graciella Limpah / 0364517 

Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylors University  

Task 3

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LECTURES

McCloud describes six types of panel-to-panel transitions, each requiring a different degree of closure from the reader.

• Movement-to-movement transition show basic movements occurring. 
• Action-to-action transitions show a single subject progressing through a specific movement.
• Subject-to-subject transitions stays within a specific scene or idea and call for more reader involvement.
• Scene-to-scene transitions take place across significant distances within time and space. 
• Aspect-to-aspect is unique in that it shows different aspects occurring simultaneously within the same scene.
• Non-sequitur provides no logical connection between panels.

McCloud explains how this categorization method is an “inexact science” but is useful in helping to understand the story telling process of authors. Within comics, action-to-action transitions are by far the most common with subject-to-subject being next and scene-to-scene after that. While moment-to-moment, aspect-to-aspect and non-sequitur are very uncommon. The story telling process is useful in explaining why this occurs. Action-to-action, subject-to-subject and scene-to-scene transitions are most common because these types of transitions show things happening in succinct ways. This drives the story forward in the most effective way. On the other hand, movement-to-movement transitions are not common because these transitions do what action-to-action transitions do but need more panels to do so. Aspect-to-aspect transitions are not very effective when it comes to progressing the story because they use multiple panels to show the same scene. Lastly, non-sequitur transitions can only be used in very unique situations because they use panels to show things that are completely unrelated.

fig 1.1 transitions

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INSTRUCTIONS 

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TUTORIAL AND PRACTICAL

As we are told to choose 1 between 6 transitions (except for the non-sequitur transitions) for this task, I choose moment-to-moment transitions for my urban legend. We are asked to think of what scene is before and after our decisive moment scene. So, the decisive moment scene is the middle scene. Before doing the digitalization, I first begin to sketch the scene out.

Sketches

fig 2.1 1st attempt of sketching

After receiving feedback from Mr.Hafiz, he told me that the movement should stay still. So, I try to sketch another one.

fig 2.2 2nd attempt of sketching 

Mr.Hafiz said that I have to make the first scene close up and the last scene is long shot, so I try to sketch it out again.

Final Sketches

fig 2.3 Final Sketches [04/12/2023]

Then, I try to digitalize it.

Digitalization

fig 3.1 Digitalization of the scene before

fig 3.2 Digitalization of the middle scene

fig 3.3 Digitalization of the scene after

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FEEDBACK

Week 9 :

Mr Hafiz said that the frame movements/viewfinder movements should stay still or for the last frame it should zoom out a little, so the movement of the 'camera' is consistent. The first shot is close up, then medium shot, the last shot is long shot.