Introduction to the

Graphic Novel
0 http://www.slj.com/2012/10/books-media/a-chi

lds-eye-view-of-china-interview/
0 http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading
.cgi?id=8172&a=1

A Sad, Sad Day p.14

0 Close Up Intimate shot reader is close up

to the character
0 Mid Shot Social shot reader is a part of the
social scene
0 Long Shot Public shot reader is viewing a
whole scene

Dont Waste your Food

p.38
0 Gaze - The choice the illustrator or writer makes

about whether or not the reader can see the face of a

person in an image influences the personal contact
with the image.
0 Types of Gaze
0 Contact the reader can look directly into the eyes of

the character. The reader can make contact with the

character.
0 Observer the character is looking at another character
or object and the reader is observing what is happening.
The reader is either looking alongside the character at
what they are looking at or they looking as the character.

TASK: Draw an example of an image that shows

contact gaze and observer gaze in your booklet.

March 5 is Lei Feng

Day p.47
Point of View - Angle
0Shot Angle and Power
0 Whether an image is shot from a high, low or

eye-level angel sets up a power relationship

between the characters or the viewer and what
they are viewing.

Types of Angles
0 High Angle Viewer Power or Specific

character Power
0 Eye Level Equal Power
0 Low Angle Character Power or Specific
character power

Lei Feng Day

TASKS
0 TASK 1
0 Fill in your booklet and give examples from the story

for high angle and low angle shot.

0 TASK 2 (if you have time)
0 In groups plan 3 pictures showing the different types

of angles.
0 Set up the picture
0 Using a camera/iPad take a picture of each different
angle.
0 Share with the class

FINAL TASK
0 Create a comic/graphic story about a story

from your parents childhood in the style of

Little White Duck.
0 Interview one of your parents and write a
summary in your booklet.
0 Convert to a comic and complete it in your
booklet.