Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Incorporating Themes and Genres

As I have seen within the story 'Granpa' I chose to analyse earlier in my blog; the childlike themes are clear. This story in particular uses the use of childlike drawings, where the colours and lines are messy, to appear as if a child has drawn it. I chose to incorporate this in my own multi-modal text, as I wanted it to be clear the story is being told by a child, and I also wanted to use many themes together, to make it more interesting and engaging. The image on the left is taken from the book 'Granpa', of which I got my inspiration from to do the below drawings, for my own multi-modal text. However, this technique is also used in other children's story books, such as 'The Hungry Caterpillar.


These two images below are very simple, and do not contain any extensive amount of detail, presenting the idea that they are drawn by a child. When thinking about drawing the dog, I tried to think of a very simple basic appearance, to fit with the childlike theme. This is seen in children's picture books, such as 'Clifford the big red dog'. I coloured the images to make them more interesting, and fitting with the childlike theme. I also purposely made the lines and colouring scruffy for the same reason.

I have also chosen to incorporate a cartoon genre. This has been done with the use of clip art pictures, and sounds that you may often hear in a cartoon. For example the noise from the running of the dog, chasing the ball, on slide four fits this theme.

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