Sequential Art
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Sequential Art;
Telling a narrative through images...
Sequential art dates right back to the 17th century, furthermore it was the process of illustrating a narrative through a variety of images which were mainly used within comics. Meanwhile storyboards, film and animation also relate to sequential art too
A task which I was given to work within a group was to come up with a 6-frame narrative sequence, and by looking at Will Einer work I discovered that he included everything necessary within one single frame that the viewer did not need a narrative in order to interpret the images yet he also let some of the images trigger the viewers imagination. It would be unnecessary to do a step-by-step guide of images as this can ultimately become boring as the viewer would not need their imagination to develop the narrative.
I thought this video uploaded on Youtube gave me more knowledge about sequential art from Will Einer's perspective. Furthermore even though I have completed many storyboards, reviewing this video made me think more closely to the single frame images for them to be more imaginative for the viewers engagement. Will Eisner also quotes that "My main concern is not display" but "moving images captured at their moment, their prime motion to tell the story"- I thought this quote was interesting because it explained that it is important to be selective with the type of images used and trying your best to fit as much information within one image, ultimately the viewer will not need any narrative to understand the story.
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