The comic strip consist of 4 panels. The first 3 have no dialogue or emanatas. The dog in the first panel is just chilling on his dog house and watches this butterfly creature fly right in from of him. The next panel and is snoopy staring at the butterfly as the butterfly just sits on the dog house with him. The third panel is the butterfly flying away. The four panel contains an emanata, "My home is a haven for all sorts of weary travelers." Time in this comic strip is scene step by step throughout the panels. The motion of the comic is a big event due to having the first three slides just dealing with motion. The butterfly landing on the dog house while the dog stares at it constantly and the the butterfly fly's away. The emotion part brings the whole comic strip to a whole. The dog curious as to what the butterfly is doing and examines the butterfly's action in the first three slides, and then makes his conclusion on the forth slide. The first three slides you get the picture that the dog is just in a deep state of thought. Without the idea of time motion and emotion the comic strip would have no life to it and it would not be understood by the audience. The idea that the dog is a weary and this butterfly stopped on his house to possibly rest for a Little bit and then take off again. Gave the dog the idea that his house is a haven for all travelers giving the punch line of the comic strip joke. If the first three panels of motion and time was not there with only the last panel the joke would make no sense at all. Proving my point that time motion and emotion plays an important role in this comic strip.
Joe, I really enjoyed reading what you had to say about the comic strip. I enjoyed how you went into detail on every panel and explained to us what was going on. The only thing I suggest is mentioning the string looking motion coming from the butterfly. Is that a sign of motion? Or is it really a string attached? Great Job Joe!
ReplyDeleteA little too much summarizing, we can see the comic we know what's going on. You were able to recognize where time, motion, and emotion were shown in the strip but not how. Like Francesca said, the lines behind the butterfly are motion lines showing that it's flying. The look on Snoopy's face is also composed of motion lines, a simple curved stroke in the last panel suggests he's happy. What makes you say Snoopy is deep in thought? Could it be the lack of motion lines?
ReplyDelete