Graphic Narrative

Here is the storyline to my Graphic narrative:

The story begins with a young boy who is all alone on a remote island , he has lived here all his life and how he got here is unknown , his existence is unknown until one day a fleet of journalist stumble across this island . It took the fleet of men 2 months to arrive at the remote island as it was proclaimed a myth of legends, until it was discovered by them. The main character Russ was very unhappy about the journalist coming on to his island and destroying the wild life as they done checks on these exotic unknown plants. The island is believed to be millions of years old. Once the journalist began to destroy the wild life Russ the young boy with supernatural gifts enraged and went out on a furious rampage tearing the journalist apart with his super strength and sinking their boats with his abilities to control wind. The journalist knew there was some type of danger on this island so they came prepared with advanced weapons. A fight for the island began as Russ deflected the rockets and punched holes in to the journalist. This war could only end one way , the journalist had one last option call in the worlds top scientist . When the scientist arrived he had come to the realisation that Russ the boy on the island was a boy that had been brought back to earth when he  was traveling through different dimensions as he attempted to experiment on Russ to gain his super powers however Russ escaped and fled. The scientist was unaware of his whereabouts until now. He ran towards Russ to convince him things are alright and to return with him to be a normal person, but Russ was very angry at the scientist for taking him away from his dimension so he pulled out the scientist heart and ran off back in to the bushes. All the journalist were dead and the island was destroyed from the war. Russ whereabouts are still unknown till this day...

THE END.


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Feedback Notes From Pitch

 

Treatment STOP MOTION

Stop Motion Pitch

Stop Motion Questionnaire

After presenting my stop motion to my class i handed out this questionnaire ...                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Q1. Was the length of the stop motion appropriate? If NOT please explain how it could Have been improved.

 

 Q2. Was there a clear story line? If NOT please explain how it could have been improved.

Q3. Any other improvements that could have been made?

Q4. Do you feel that the STOP MOTION characters were detailed ? If NOT what tips could you give

Q5. Was the soundtrack effective? If NOT what tips could you give

Reflection / Evaluation

 After completing my graphic narrative i am going to reflect and evaluate what can be improved...                                                                                                                                                                              NARRATIVE STRUCTURE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I went for a simple graphic narrative structure , the first stage i described the main participants, the second stage i introduced the problem and other complications in the situation which has an effect on the main character.The third stage is a resolution to the problem however i added a plot twist making the structure a multi-strand narrative with a closed structure.The fourth stage is the denouement , the aftermath of the response that makes clear the success , partial success or non-success of the situation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         COMPONENTS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The comic opens with the main character Russ laying on the beach on his island , he is then disturbed by a very loud crashing noise he goes to check it out and to his surprise he sees hundreds of journalist boarding the island. The conflict within the comic is very extreme , a lot of blood and gore is included for this reason i have made the target audience 16+. The conflict all begins once the journalist begin deforestation to Russ island. The journalist believed to resolve this situation they would call in a scientist who would be able to find this super beings weakness little did they know that the scientist was the one who brought this alien to Earth. The climax built when the fight for the island began and escalated once it was announced that the scientist  knew Russ . The death of the scientist intensified the climax.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Here is my reflection and evaluation of my graphic narrative called "BOY O BOY ".

Considerations

Target Audience 

When creating my graphic narrative there were a number of things i had to take in to consideration the target audience being one. As i have created my own graphic narrative and not adapted a storyline from an existing i have my own target audience. Due to my graphic narrative containing a lot of violence and such a serious story line i have made my target audience 16+ as it contains adult content that may be deemed unsuitable for minors. Content such as swearing , blood and gore will be included within this serious graphic narrative. I aim to achieve a very intense serious story line that  leave the audience wanting more. 

Length 

When creating my graphic narrative another thing i would have to take in to consideration is the length of the story line . The reason for this is so its not too long or too short. the perfect  length i believe is two pages this would allow me to give a detailed story without it being too long. Short sentences will be used when describing scenes and for dialogue. Making it simple and quick when my audience are reading the graphic narrative.

Digital / Paper 

When creating my graphic narrative i had to take in to consideration which platform i wanted to produce it on whether is was using a programme such asphotoshop , or simply drawing it out. Although i am not the best artist i believed it would be easier to draw my graphic narrative and simply colour it in. This also allowed me to add small detail that would be hard to achieve on a computer programme . Drawing also allowed me to explore without having to repeat steps.