Brainstorming

Key information about different graphic narrative types and existing products from these genres

Fable

The Boy who cried WolfThe Ant and the GrasshopperThe Fox and the crowThe MiserThe Tortoise and the HareThe Wolf in Sheep’s clothesAesop’s fable

Aesop was a real person, but not known by many. He lived in the sixth century BC and created these fables

Most of these fables are within Aesop’s fables, but also fables in their own right.

A short narrative that involves a moral at the conclusion of the fable. These stories usually have animals as the main character

This fable has emulated the traditional style and enforced a moral at the end of the fable.

This fable is shorter than a conventional fable, but with the child like illustrations, this amount of text may fit the target audience perfectly.

The lexis used within the fable shows it is aimed at children, however, an older child.

Analysis of Fable

Folktale Folktales are stories passed down from generation to generation. They are told differently each time to make it more interesting for following generations. The purpose of a folktale is to communicate the characteristics and the culture of the people who it originated from. These Folktales are mainly myths created by different origins of people, normally monsters and ghouls are the main characters they create in them.

The man who never liedThe four dragonsWhy the sun and the moon liv in the skyWhy the Cheetah’s cheeks are stainedClever Jackal gets awayThe Grasshopper and the toadThe origin of fire Axe murder hollowBrothers’ revengeWindigo

Analysis of Folk Tale

The illustrations follow a folk tale style of made up pictures, instead of other techniques like photography.

This particular example is aimed at an older children demographic because of the language used throughout this extract.

The fictional names are another technique traditional folk tales use.

Fairy tales Stories that tend to be fiction, in which magic and monsters are real. Traditionally created for children. They have a lot of characters, but a simple narrative that can be followed by a child.

The Red ShoesCinderellaRapunzelRumpelstiltskinHansel & GretelLittle Red riding hoodThe ugly DucklingSnow White and the Seven Dwarves

Childlike illustrations suggest a young demographic is the intended demographic for this particular Fairy tale.

Analysis of Fairy Tale

However some lexis used in this passage of text maybe suited to an older target audience than first appears.

Comic books/stripsComic books are illustrations enclosed in individual dividers, which have captions or speech/thought bubbles within the slides. The purpose of the comic book is to tell the narrative through the images.

Usually, but not always, films are inspired by comic books, such as:

300Alien vs PredatorBatman (various)BladeSupermanSpidermanCaptain AmericaThorScot Pilgrim vs the worldWolverineHellboyIron ManHulkKick-AssThe League of extraordinary gentlemen

The target demographic for this particular product is a teenage one, however, due to the moral filled nature of the story, a younger demographic could be considered.

Analysis of Comic books

The slides are conventional for a comic book but the number of them isn’t. Traditionally 6 or 8 slides per page in a comic book

The amount of text would also be a factor on the demographic of the comic book. In relation to other comic books, this one has quite a bit of text, so the audience will be higher.

Graphic Novel

Watchmen

V for Vendetta

The league of Extraordinary gentlemen

Very similar to comic books, in the way it communicates the narrative to it’s audience using illustrations. However, comic books are cheap and quite badly made, Graphic novels are bound like a hard back book and can cost a lot of money to buy.

Similar to comic books, graphic novels inspired films.

This graphic novel has emulated the traditional six slide approach to graphic novels. However, an unconventional layout of the slides, with them not been of equal size.

Graphic novels have an older demographic than the other narrative types, however, in the genre, this novel has a target demographic of older teenagers. This is due to the illustrations and the amount of text.