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Series Of Unfortunate Events episode 1 "Night intruder"



Juan Camilo Diez CCT300H5 Prof. Mike Jones Nov 4th 2010 Stories of Unfortunate Events Episode 1 The comic Stories of Unfortunate Events, I created by applying different elemglents and styles from Scott McCloud’s //Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art//. The comic unfolds within seven panels. The story starts off with a late mysterious individual taking note of time. The subject then takes a look at what it seems to be his target (the house). He glances one more time at his watch and we can see this in panel 3, this time with more determination and anger. The subject runs toward his target to then find himself on the side of the house. He manages to get inside. We realize that he was trying to sneak into his house. The subject is now grounded because it was 2:00am when he returned home. The Stories of Unfortunate Events will be a series of stories about a young character that always seems to get caught from his devious acts. However, they take the shape of comedic resolutions since from an initial read it seems as though he is totally up to no good (in a sense a thief) and then we find out he is an innocent young man. The comic is short in nature and will always present a resolution by the end; this is what I encompassed from the American style. On the other hand, the story will continue on to the next episode where it left off and after the whole series is done there will be a moral found and the comic will look more like a Japanese Manga book, a long story probably around 500 pages. The Story is told without words, two simple text boxes are used: one for the title of the episode on the first panel and then on the last panel again to show the resolution of the comic. The comic uses various styles and elements from McCloud’s book and since I am a big fan of both Japanese and American style of comics, I decided to incorporate bits of each into every panel. The use of multiple images of the subject in panel 4 “involve the reader more deeply in the action”(McCloud 112); the multiple images allow me to represent speed and movement of the character in which I draw the audience into the world of the character running. In terms of transitions I wanted to incorporate the idea of aspect-to-aspect transition in the first 3 panels to create a mood and since this idea “has been an integral part of Japanese Mainstream…” comics it allows me to set a dangerous/mysterious mood and a sense of place (79). In between panels 3 and 4 the use of subject-to-subject transition is used a bit differently, not the usual object-to-subject but rather a different view of the character in two separate actions. This allows me to introduce the character quickly and follow it with an action/intention. The idea was to create suspense and to make the character seem as if he was going to steal belongings from the house. I tried to create this illusion through the use of black and white shadows to “express a dominant mood” (190). For colour I printed the entire comic in black and white, which creates the mystery mood I wanted for the comic. But after reading multiple Manga series, I noticed many of them are in black and white hence why I carried over the technique to keep the Japanese tradition within my comic. Overall, the comic if ever printed could be read by any audience and be fully understood because of its simplicity and design. The comic’s short style combined with elements of Japanese and American Manga are elements that come from my previous experiences with both styles which allow for a greater range and allocation of stylistic elements into the series ‘Stories of Unfortunate Events’ Episode 1 “Night Intruder.” Works cited- Pictures "christens gallery." //picasaweb.com//. N.p., 27 Sept. 2009. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. . McCloud, Scott. "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art." Comic strip. __Understaning Comics: The Invisible Art__. New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1994. "PÂ·PÂ·OÂ·W | Jessica Rohrer | Available Work." //PÂ·PÂ·OÂ·W | Home//. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. . "Stealth Watch Spy Camera – Record Something Like a Modern Ninja | Video Gadgets at Hardware Sphere." //Hardware Sphere :: The Sphere of Hot Hardware and Cool Gadgets :: News, Reviews and Deals//. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. .