OCA -Illustration 2

Assignment three A graphic short story  Choose a short story and turn it into a mini graphic novel. The length of the graphic novel will largely depend on the story you choose, so pick something manageable. Aim to work over two or three pages only. Be creative with how you approach this. Think about how you edit the story, the kinds of shots you take, the relationship between the dialogue and the characters. How do you depict the sounds and describe the action both visually and in terms of text? Along with the narrative itself, design a cover for your graphic novel that includes the name of the short story, the author’s details and your own. Reflect on the experience of converting the text to a visual form. What did you learn from this experience? How have your illustrations developed to accommodate the demands of the narrative? Your critical review If you haven’t done so already, make sure that you send your proposal for the critical review to your tutor with this assignment...

Research point Athanasius Kircher began experimenting with magic lantern slides and projections in Rome during the 1640s. As the above quote suggests, magic lantern shows combined the magic of theatre and legend with the illusionary quality of the projections themselves. How has animation maintained this connection with the idea of the ‘illusion’? Find examples, join in on discussions in the OCA forums and write up a summary of your thoughts in your learning log All animation is about illusion if fact it is just that an illusion. Our brains operate by retaining the previous image, accepting the newer one and putting them together to assemble movement of images in the brain. This is known as the ‘Persistence of Vision.’ you can find more here on the link below: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-animation/0/steps/12222 From this page there was a lot of interesting facts such as: ‘Persistence of vision works because the human eye and brain can only process 10 to 12 sepa...