Graphic Novel Terms

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Spaces between panels are called:

• Slots

• Rudders

• Gutters

• Spaces

When a character is drawn very simply, this allows the audience to:

• See themselves in that character

• Identify the character as a "minor" character

• See that character as distinct from them

• Imagine what other characteristics they might have

Things like sweat, tears, or spit flying off a character are called:

• Animata

• Grief lines

• Emanata

• Shock lines

This is an example of:

• Universal Characterization

• Aspect to Aspect Transition

• Splash Page

• Scene to Scene Transition

This is an example of which kind of transition:

• Aspect to Aspect

• Moment to Moment

• Subject to Subject

• Scene to Scene

Horizontal panels put the focus on:

• Action and Movement

• Dialogue

• Slow pacing

• The background

What is the relationship between dialogue and pacing:

• Less dialogue means slow pacing

• Dialogue doesn't significantly affect pacing

• Dialogue heavy panels slow down the pacing

A camera angle looking up at a character (such as this one) will create what effect:

• Put the character in a position of power over the reader

• Diminish the character in the eyes of the reader

• Allow the reader to see the character "eye to eye"

• Cause the reader to view the character critically

Considering the number of panels, this page would:

• Be read slowly

• Be read quickly

• Be read from bottom to top