To-Do Before Class

• Continue working on FINAL PROJECT
• READ: Cece Bell – El Deafo
• READ: Robyn Chapman – Chapters 1-3

Topic: Point of View

Objectives

• To continue exploring page-building & layout techniques
• To share worknig methods
• To introduce the concept of Point Of View in illustration

Activities

Warm Up!

Reading Discussion: NONE

Share: FIBDA 2023

DISCUSS: Class Catch-Up

LECTURE: Page Layout Part 2

**TEMPLATES**

LECTURE: INTRODUCE Point of View as a Storytelling Technique

WATCH: Author Chris Tebbett’s analysis of the Matrix

INTRODUCE WEEK 7 HOMEWORK

IN-CLASS EXERCISE: THR WRONG PLANET – borrowed from Jessica Abel

CRITIQUE: Work in Progress on FINAL PROJECT

Review Assignments and Expectations for Next Week’s Class



Due Next Week

1. WEEK 7 HOMNEOWRK on POINT OF VIEW:
   • Choose short scene from any film in which you admire the storytelling. Using Chris Tebbetts Matrix analysis as a model, please label / list the director’s choice of shots. You can choose to complete this exercise in a variety ofways: You can label video clip as Tebbets did, you can screen shot and label, you can do simplified sketches using the Brunetti method, OR you can even just watch and list them in written form. The point of this exercise is to pay careful attention and consider WHY the director chose the POINT OF VIEW used in each shot.
   • POST this exercise when complete to DISCORD for discussion.
2. CONTINUE LAYOUT FOR YOUR FINAL PROJECT – *see schedule*
   • POST your work in progress to DISCORD
3. Reading: REVIEW Art of the Storyboard by DON BLUTH
4. Reading: A Child’s Life and Other Stories – Phoebe Gloeckner, Frog Books
5. Continue Diary IF IT IS HELPFUL

To-Do Before Class

• Homework 3 – 4 panel comic DUE for critique. 
• READ: Smile by Reina Telgemeier

Topic: Page Building & Layout

Objectives

• To introduce page-building & layout techniques
• To introduce a variety of comic writing techniques
• To explore comics mediums and processes.

Activities

Warm Up!

Reading Discussion: SMILE by Reina Telgemeier – Karen

CRITIQUE: Finished 4-panel Comic

CRITIQUE GUIDE:

• Clarity
• Story Structure
• Reading Order
• Rhythm
• Writing
• Uniqueness
• Craft

DISCUSS: Class Roles

DISCUSS: PROJECT PROPOSAL Q&A

LECTURE: PANEL AND PAGES

Key Concept Reminder:

• Closure
• Panel
• Gutter
• Tier
• Reading Order
• Z Formation
• Script
• Thumbnail
• Page Layout
• Caption
• Dialogue
• FX

DEMO SARA LAYOUT PROCESS

STUDIO TIME: Begin to layout your final project

Review Assignments and Expectations for Next Week’s Class



Due Next Week

1. PROPOSAL for FINAL PROJECT (5 -7 minutes plus Q & A – 10 minutes each)
2. BEGIN LAYOUT – *see schedule*
3. Reading: Drawing Words and Writing Pictures by Robyn Chapman , UNIT 2 Page Building
4. Reading: Cece Bell – ElDeafo
5. Continue Diary IF IT IS HELPFUL