General Terms
- Icon: "Image used to represent a person, place or thing" (p. 27).
- Closure: "Perceiving the whole" (p. 63).
- The Gutter: The space between panels (p.66).
- Zip Ribbon: A motion line representing the path of a moving object (p.111).
- Synaesthetics: Combining different art forms in an attempt to stimulate all 5 senses (p.123).
- Subjective Motion: "If observing a moving object can be involving, being that object should be more so" (p.114)
The Path (p.170-171)
- Idea / Purpose: The impetus.
- Form: The medium in which the work will be executed.
- Idiom: The style or set of guidelines the creator will adhere to in their creative process.
- Structure: The arrangement of the work.
- Craft: Actually creating the work.
- Surface: Final touches.
Transitions (p.70-72)
- Moment-To-Moment: The panels display a progression in time from one instant to the next.
- Action-To-Action: The same subject is seen in multiple phases of performing a single action.
- Subject-To-Subject: Multiple subjects are portrayed within a single scene.
- Deductive Reasoning: The reader must determine the correlation between panels.
- Aspect-To-Aspect: The transition "bypasses time for the most part and sets a wandering eye on different aspects of an idea, place or mood" (p.72).
- Non-Sequitur: There is no correlation between panels.
Word Picture Combinations (p.153-155)
- Word Specific: "Pictures illustrate, but don't significantly add to a largely complete text" (p.153).
- Picture Specific: Words complement the visuals indirectly, without making overt reference to the image.
- Duo-Specific: Words and pictures communicate the same message.
- Additive: "Words amplify or elaborate on an image or vice versa" (p.153).
- Parallel: "Words and pictures seem to follow very different courses -- without intersecting" (p.154).
- Montage: "Words are treated as integral parts of the picture" (p.154).
- Interdependent: "Words and pictures go hand in hand to convey an idea that neither could do alone" (p.155).
Josh,
ReplyDeleteFairly complete list. I would only add:
Comics (p. 9) - “juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and / or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer,” or simply put, “Sequential Art.”