Home Learning Assignment! TOON DOO! :D

We had a very interesting Home Learning assignment today. :) To make a short story/plot and showcase it in a comic strip. Thus this is my product after using the internet programme, ToonDoo. :D

  

- Why did you choose the different pictures or background(s)? 

 I chose the different picture and backgrounds to represent the actual situation and scene which is happening in that panel. For instance, in panel 1, it shows a meeting room as I wanted the readers to understand that Pear Inc. is a company. In panel 3, I placed an angry mob of people in order to show their unhappiness towards their boss' treatment of his employees and in panel 4, I wanted to mimic an actual chart which is drawn on a piece of A4 size paper, thus I made the background a piece of foolscap paper.

- How do they contribute to the elements (plot, setting, characterisation) of your narrative?

I believe that the different pictures and backgrounds of my comic strip help to bring out the plot of my story. I spent most of the time making the comic strip trying to choose the most suitable background which suits the panel of my comic and only after much consideration do I finally make a decision on the background which I want. I think that the backgrounds chosen helps to make my story and comic strip more realistic like how a chart should be on paper and a meeting in an office. It would be kind weird if I chose to hold the meeting in the middle of a park, won't it? xD

-  How did you make use of the different elements to contribute to the theme you have chosen? 

I have to admit that I had much difficulty with bringing out the theme, which is the importance of good leadership. Especially when I am only limited to only 6 panels, I have to compress my entire story into a very short comic strip. I actually didn't use many elements in most of my panels as I wanted the reader to concentrate on the more important details like the characters and dialogue and not the miscellaneous props like chairs, tables, and shapes here and there. However, I did apply some elements in the 4th panel as it was necessary to show the dip in the sales report, making it more interesting than just dialogue telling the story. 

Yupp so that's my comic strip! Hope you liked it! :D

Cheers! Raphael :D