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Panels. An Important Part of Comic Book Storytelling. What Good Are Panels?. PANELS are how comics divide up the action on each page They are a relatively new part of sequential art storytelling – remember how the Bayeux Tapestry and the Egyptian tomb paintings were just one long image?

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  1. Panels An Important Part of Comic Book Storytelling

  2. What Good Are Panels? • PANELS are how comics divide up the action on each page • They are a relatively new part of sequential art storytelling – remember how the Bayeux Tapestry and the Egyptian tomb paintings were just one long image? • Panels are often used just like shots in a movie, and are most often used to subtly direct how the reader experiences the story

  3. Panel Transitions

  4. When one panel moves to another, it is called a TRANSITION • It is this transition that gives the writer the influence over your experience mentioned above • There are FOUR BASIC TYPES of transition:

  5. Transition Type 1: MOMENT to MOMENT

  6. Moment-to-Moment Transitions • When we say that a panel transition moves from “moment-to-moment”, we mean that it shows the passage of very small amounts of time • These transitions involve the same subject(s), little action, and no movement from place to place • These are rare in Western graphic novels, but are more common in Japanese ones

  7. Transition Type 2: ACTION to ACTION

  8. Action-to-Action Transitions • This one is easy: when we say the transition is “action-to-action”, we mean that something or somebody is doing something different in the second panel than in the first • Usually, the action is very obvious, and follows directly from the previous panel (like in the baseball example above) • This is one of the most common types of panel transitions, especially in superhero graphic novels

  9. Transition Type 3: SUBJECT to SUBJECT

  10. Subject-to-Subject Transitions • This transition is simply when one panel focuses on one character or object, and the next one focuses on a different character or object (within the same scene/location) • These aren’t hard to follow, but they require a bit more involvement by the reader – they need to understand how the new person or object fits into the context of the scene in order to make sense of the transition

  11. Transition Type 4: SCENE to SCENE

  12. Scene-to-Scene Transitions • This transition moves between two entirely different locations • Usually, the writer/artist will simply start a new scene on a new page • Even more reader involvement is required to make sense of these, and the connection between the two may not be immediately obvious

  13. Find good examples of 2 types of transitions in your graphic novel: • Moment to Moment: Same subject(s), same place, little to no movement • Action to Action: Same subject, different action • Subject to Subject: One panel’s focus is on a different character or object than the other • Scene to Scene: One panel is in a completely place (in the story) than the other Now, share your choices with your group. Once you finish, choose (as a group) an example that you find particularly interesting. The person who found it will then share with the class.

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