My target audience

I wanted my target audience to be small children age between 6-10. The reason I chose this target audience was because my comic will look very colourful and easy to understand. I thought it would be more appealing for children.

Reflection- 08/05/2017

Today on my animation lesson I began to draw the characters for my manga.

Case Studies - Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, animator, film producer, medical doctor and activist. He was born on the 3rd of November 1928 in Toyonaka, Osaka and died at the age 60 in 1989.
He was credited as the "Godfather of Manga""God of comic""Kamisama of manga". He has published a variety of manga (more than 30). The majority of his works are child-friendly, but there's also a few stories aimed towards adult audience. He also invented the distinctive large eyes prominent in both manga and anime.


Examples of his work:



This some of his notable work.

Introduction to Graphic Narratives

What is Graphic Narrative?

Graphic narrative is a book that tells stories using pictures.


Example of Graphic Novels;


Manga

   Manga is  a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children. Unlike normal comic books, all pages in a manga are in black and white. Also the reading order is different from normal books.

 To read a manga you have to start it from the back of the book and read it from the right to the left. At first it's really weird, but after a few attempts it starts getting easy to read.


You can usually buy manga or read them online.










Graphic Novels

Graphic novels are similar to comic books because they use sequential art to tell a story. Unlike comic books, graphic novels are generally stand-alone stories with more complex plots. 









Comic Books/ strips

A comic book/strip is a sequence of drawings in boxes that tell an amusing story, typically printed in a newspaper or magazine. You can read them on a newspaper, online, ect... 








Photo-Story

  A photo-story is a strip cartoon with photographs in place of drawings. They can usually be seen in storyboards











Children Books

     
This books are specifically for children. People make them so children can entertain themselves and learn new things from them.

Graphic Narrative Production

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