Study in graphic novels next semester

[breakinglight11]

Just got an email from one of the administrators at my school about my interdisciplinary study. Today she is going to be talking to a professor about being my adviser in my secondary study for the semester, which is going to be about the writing and creating of graphic novels! Last semester I attended a seminar on them during the residency, which alerted me to the fact that they would be an option for my IS. I thought that sounded great, so now I'm going for it. I'm a huge fan of the comic book form, so this is going to be really interesting.

The thing is, I will likely be expected to also provide images to go along with my script, given what a huge part of the medium they are. I can't draw well enough to support a whole comic, but it occurred to me that I might be able to use photographs. I could cast people I knew as the characters and have them model for the shots I would need. I really really like this idea, and I think it would be a lot of fun to do. I don't have an idea for what my piece would be about yet, but it would probably have to be realistic, set in the modern day, to faciliate the kinds of pictures I would be able to take. I have some ideas about the people I'd like to use as models, but of course I'd have to come up with a story first and see who fits the characters that emerge. The idea really excites me, so hopefully I'll come up with something good.

Comments

[blendedchaitea.livejournal.com]

*flail*
*excitement*

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

You're on my short list, beautiful.

[katiescarlett29.livejournal.com]

Pick me?!

[polaris-xx.livejournal.com]

This sounds so interesting! I would have never thought of using photos.

[iagotolycus.livejournal.com]

I love the photograph idea, quite original. Would they be in black-and-white, full-color, or some combination?

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Probably full color, maybe digitally treated for effect somehow.

Great to see you on LJ!

[iagotolycus.livejournal.com]

Thanks, good to be here. That sounds like a really cool idea, sort of like a more cohesive, less hipster-ish version of "a softer world"