Exercise 3: Storyboard

I actually found this to be a more challenging exercise than I initially thought. I have a better understanding of how difficult it can actually be to create an image – without the inclusion of text – that depends solely on what is depicted within the frame, and how the image as whole is presented to the viewer, to solidify the narrative that is trying to be communicated to them. On the other hand, I now realise how by including carefully chosen text, how simple it can be to add new meaning to the narrative. In this instance, this new information paints a picture for the viewer in regards to what may happen next, but also, gives meaning to ‘frames’ seen previously. A good example of this, is the relationship between frames 2 and 6. The viewer should be able to piece together that the reason why the tree has fallen over in frame 6, is because of the storm mentioned in frame 2. Also, I found it interesting that symbols can be used instead of letters – as seen in frame 7 – and as this is a familiar method commonly used and seen to represent obscene words, the narrative hasn’t been obscured in any way.