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CE_03 Space-Time continuum
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Third lecture! This time, the focus of our lecture was manipulation of space and time, and how they could be portrayed differently. And for our class exercise, we got a fun to read (and I must commend the wonderful use of colours, how ever random it may seem in the middle of this sentence) comic by Luke Pearson, aka MumblingIdiot on deviantART. (If you like what you see below do check his other works out because his style is pretty interesting and cute)
We were, of course, given a question to go along with it.
Examine the techniques used for enhancing the time and space continuum used in the comic below:
So we broke up into groups and discussed (routine), followed by a class discussion in which every group contributed at least one point. I shall now (try to remember and) list the different points brought up by my group, and also classmates.
1. Use of colour transitions
♠ Probably the most obvious would be the red-yellow colour transitions that portray the character's development and changes through time, at different stages of their lives. It starts with the red background, where each character is angsty, and slowly turns into yellow, showing the calmer, more composed, and younger/older character.
♠ While the above shows the change in 4-5 different stages/frames, there also exists another kind of time transition in the comic. This kind puts the 2 versions of the character (one young, another old) in the same frame, separated by a wavy line in between, and having differently coloured backgrounds. This is used for flashback/fast foward with more emphasis on the event rather than the changes in the character.
2.
♠ Seen in one of the panels near the top. While the background remains the same, the character is portrayed growing up, and growing older, becoming a mother. The environment and routine of walking out of her house has not changed with her growing up. Here we have the progression of time within the same space.
3. Unique and funky gutters
♠ This one is the most interesting (and also raised several debates in class as to what it could have meant). The bare trees in the foreground were used as gutters between frames where time (and space) change occurred. Some people argued that it showed routine, but I don't agree(routine would look more like point 2). I think it's more of a time and space transition emphasizing on a long journey home. The colour change of the sky (and also the gutter-trees!) show the time changes from afternoon to night.
5. Black/Lack of background
♠ Give the feeling of timelessness, a frame frozen in time. Nothing much to elaborate, as this point is mostly felt.
6. Differently sized panels
♠ As opposed to the regular small squares. A few of the longer panels only had a single character in them, emphasizing loneliness, the emptiness of the space, and how small and insignificant the character is relative to the space. I felt that this was more emotion-orientated than space/time though.
Individually, we were also given something else to think and blog about:
Which technique used in "some people" you think is compelling, and why?
Personally, as a visual person, I really love the use of colours in this piece. Naturally, what caught my eye and piqued my interest was the bright red to yellow character transitions, which automatically stood out against the unsaturated brownish hue of the rest of the piece. Upon closer inspection, these transitions had no frame although the contents suggested the existence of one(cropped corners, etc.). It showed the continuity in that period of time, and I liked how the change was portrayed in stages, rather than a direct jump. You automatically knew that it was the same character, but grown up.
And that is all! Other than the fact that we were also kindly reminded to submit our Assignment 1 to the IVLE workbin, which I have not done and have no ideas for D:
about me
Artist.
Yan Ling. 19.
29 June.
Singapore.
NUS SoC.