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COMICS AND CARTOONS

Comics and cartoons use a range of visual conventions and forms to create meaning. The combining of images, words and convention are the key elements of the language of comics, cartoons, picture books and graphic novels.
Comic and cartoon composers use a range of devices to create their visual texts, including:
Structural conventions
  • panel sizes
  • page / screen composition
  • framing
  • composition
  • iconography
  • symbolism
Stylistic elements
  • line
  • colour
  • shape
  • pace
  • movement
  • perspective
  • point of view
In this video, Scott McCloud explains how meaning and narrative movement is created visually through the composition and sequence of panels within a comic.
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  • Home
  • Using this resource
  • WHAT IS VISUAL LITERACY?
  • VISUAL TECHNIQUES
  • VISUAL LITERACY IN ADVERTISING
  • VISUAL TECHNIQUES IN PICTURE BOOKS
  • VISUAL LITERACY IN CARTOONS
  • VISUAL LITERACY WITH MOVING IMAGES
  • Writing a rationale
  • Resources
  • Visual Literacy as a DVD cover