Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Arrival.
I was completely enamored by the beautiful visuals within The Arrival. Everything was extremely organized. The shots were all incredibly thought out in order to help the viewers eyes flow pleasantly from panel to panel and help the viewer understand the story flawlessly without the help of words. It was easy to follow and was a very unique experience. It's hard to really define what a graphic novel is. My belief is that, at it's bare bones, a graphic novel is a series of images that tell a story. The Arrival is a perfect example of this. The story worked and was view/read-able. I feel that the comic would lose a lot of it's appeal if it did have words. There was something very interesting and unique about how he went about The Arrival. There is also something to be said for the difficulty level of what Shaun Tan did. All in all the story was a great, enjoyable, viewing or reading experience.
Ernst Panels.
Panel 1: In panel one a lady in a dress begins interacting with a rooster. There is something strange about her dress. I looks as though it bulges in odd places.
Panel 2: The lady is now half human half rooster. She is looking a human laying on a table ready for what looks like an experiment to be done. There are beakers and scientific equipment to the right of the human woman.
Panel 3. More half human half roosters people stand around. They seem to be looking at a lady in a secret opening in the floor. Perhaps she is another test subject or a sacrifice of some kind.
Panel 4: The rooster people now look to be in the middle of some sort of process. There is a smoking hat to the right which makes me think of magic or some sort of ceremony. There are two human figures on slabs of stone with runes carved in them. It looks like an in progress magic ritual.
Panel 5: It looks as though the lady in this panel is dying. She has fallen off her bed and there looks to be a pool of something around her head on the floor, blood perhaps. A man is standing in the room looking at her. This is a strange piece.
Panel 6: Not sure I understand this panel. The man is in a strange position and I have no idea what he is doing. Maybe he's turning into a rooster. A woman, perhaps his wife, is staring at him. The man's clothing are again ruffled in a strange way, much like that of the first panel, which could be a sign that he is hiding his rooster physique.
Panel 2: The lady is now half human half rooster. She is looking a human laying on a table ready for what looks like an experiment to be done. There are beakers and scientific equipment to the right of the human woman.
Panel 3. More half human half roosters people stand around. They seem to be looking at a lady in a secret opening in the floor. Perhaps she is another test subject or a sacrifice of some kind.
Panel 4: The rooster people now look to be in the middle of some sort of process. There is a smoking hat to the right which makes me think of magic or some sort of ceremony. There are two human figures on slabs of stone with runes carved in them. It looks like an in progress magic ritual.
Panel 5: It looks as though the lady in this panel is dying. She has fallen off her bed and there looks to be a pool of something around her head on the floor, blood perhaps. A man is standing in the room looking at her. This is a strange piece.
Panel 6: Not sure I understand this panel. The man is in a strange position and I have no idea what he is doing. Maybe he's turning into a rooster. A woman, perhaps his wife, is staring at him. The man's clothing are again ruffled in a strange way, much like that of the first panel, which could be a sign that he is hiding his rooster physique.
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