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IB Lit Comic Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bleed | an image that extends to/beyond the edge of a page |
| camera angle | the position the camera is in relation to the subect |
| captions | information bubbles or boxes taht are generally separate from the rest of the panel |
| chiaroscuro | to rely on graphic weight to signify importance. ON method is contrast of light and dark. |
| Closure | The use of prior knowledge to fill in the gutters and innately create narrative sequencing in a series of panels |
| Cartoonist | The artist who is also the writer |
| Emenata | The ter m refers to the teardrops, sweat drops, question marks, motion lines that artist draw besides charcters faces to protray emotion. |
| Figure | Faces, hands, feet, eyes |
| Graphic Novel | Any comics of significant length |
| Graphic Weight | An artist creates graphic weight by using heavy, thick black ink, high-contrast patterns, deep colors, or brilliant, unexpected highlights |
| Gutter | A blank space between pannels, action that occcurs here is no t literally seen or experienced by the reader, rather is inferred. |
| Iconography | Visual and images used in a work of arts as well as a collection of illustrations. Arist often draw from these collected images or symbols in order to create their ard; howevver, not every artist adheres to traditional or conventional depictions! |
| Midground | The center of a panel - how an author usees this space helps to create tone and mood |
| Sound effect lettering | Athese words are often in separate from speech baloons; however, like speech balloons, the fonts, colors, and lettering of sound effects are important and should be considered as parts of the text worthy of your consideration. |
| Speech balloon | Speech Balloons indicate dialouge in a text. |
| Splash | A narrative choice to use a single image for the whole page. can bleed off the edges, but it can also sit safely inside a thin white frame |
| Spread | The artwork bridges acrosss the physical center seam- the gutter or spine- to claim both the left and right hand pages as a singular, unified canvas. |
| Tier | a row of panels |
| Transitions | Six types of transitions that have different effect on a reader. |