L.O. – How can we manipulate our comic to clarify meaning? Reviewing your comic L.O. – How can we manipulate our comic to clarify meaning? How can we justify the visual style within our comic linking it to comic conventions?

Task 5: Producing your graphic novel or comic   Learning Outcome 4: Be able to produce an original graphic novel or comic

M3: Manipulate the visual appeal of the comic to clarify meaning D2: Justify how the visual style of the final product follow the conventions of graphic novels or comics within its genre

M3: Manipulate the visual appeal of the comic to clarify meaning You must manipulate the visual appeal of the comic to clarify meaning by: Manipulating the visual appeal of the comic to clarify meaning by reviewing and testing: Include self-evaluation Including target audience evaluation (e.g. focus group, questionnaire, face-to- face interviews) Considering readability (e.g. Flesch Reading Ease/Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, grammar and spelling). This should be evidenced by showing the before and after annotated comic panels to illustrate the manipulations

What is the Flesch Reading Ease scale? Word uses the Flesch Reading Ease scale to indicate the relative complexity of written text. This system uses an analysis that is based on the average number of syllables per word and words per sentence. Higher scores correspond to text that is easier to understand, and lower scores correspond to text that is more difficult to understand. Most documents should have a score between 60 and 70. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-44733518/kids-baffled-by- youtube-and-instagram-terms Score Meaning that it is: 90 – 100 easily understood by an average 11-year old student 60 – 70 easily understood by 13-15-year-old students 0 – 30 best understood by university graduates

How do I find the Flesch Reading Ease scale on a Mac? On the Word menu, click Preferences. Under Authoring and Proofing Tools, click Spelling and Grammar. Under Grammar, select the Check grammar with spelling check box.  Select the Show readability statistics check box, and close the Spelling & Grammar dialog box. On the Tools menu, point to Spelling and Grammar and click Spelling & Grammar. After Word finishes checking spelling and grammar, it displays information about the reading level of the document.

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Copy and paste the words used in your comic from the script and put it into a Word document. What was your readability score?

D2: Justify how the visual style of the final product follow the conventions of graphic novels or comics within its genre You must justify how the visual style of the final product follows the conventions of graphic novels or comics within its genre. Focus on: Consideration of images used, colouring of characters and environment, font size and style, story flow, panel layout, use of speech, thought bubble and box placement, lettering, perspective, symbols sound effects This should be evidenced by a formal written report with panels used to evidence the conventions followed and the genre that has been met.

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