Time, motion, and emotion are key elements to understanding the Peanut comic strips.
Panel one shows snoopy standing there all dress up as though he is playing tennis. He has a thought bubble that shows how he hopes his opponent double- faults. The time of this panel is the beginning of the game where his opponent is the one with the ball. In this panel snoopy stands still in anticipation for the ball to come his way and with that his emotion is blank and he is focused on the game.
The second panel is of snoopy again waiting for the other player to serve the ball. Although in this panel snoopy has a very determined and has an angry face. The time is just a few minutes after the first panel and nothing really changed beside the fact that snoopy is really focused. He has another thought bubble were he continually says how he wants his opponent to double-fault. The motion in this panel is snoopy bent over anticipating the ball.
The third panel is just of snoopy standing in an upright position. There is no expression on his face and there is no thought bubble. Snoopy is motionless and the time of the panel almost shows that there was a pause in the game or that the opponent may have double-faulted.
The last panel has snoopy looking directly at you with the biggest smile on his face. He has a thought bubble that says “That was too bad!” The time of the panel shows that the opponent has already tried to serve the ball and has managed to double-fault just like snoopy wanted him to. The emotion in the last panel really shows that snoopy is happy with the outcome of what just happened.
Amy,
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you broke your post up into sections based on the individual panels. You could have possibly mentioned a little more about each of the elements and maybe how they were related with one another. Nice choice of comic I really like that one!