COMICS JOURNAL 16: Watchmen (Panel Transition II)
Title: Watchmen
Author: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Besides the six categories of panel transition methods such as action-to-action and aspect-to-aspect, there are other panel transitions found in Watchmen such as below example. On page 58, the authors added gutters to split a continuous picture into three frames. Without the gutters, readers usually pay attention to only one of the characters on the picture, usually the middle one, and then go to the next frame. However, by adding gutters, readers are looking at three frames, each frame has a main character that draws their attention. Therefore, all three important characters on this picture will receive equal attention from the audience.
This method was also applied in other pages such as page 52 in which there are eight characters in a continuous picture but the authors split them into 3 frames so that each frame had two to three characters. It also helped authors understand the relationship between the characters. For example, Jon was in relationship with Laurie in Chapter 1, but on page 52 of Chapter 2, this split frames told the reader that Jon was with another woman, and Jon and Laurie were not in an intimate relationship at that time.
Author: Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Besides the six categories of panel transition methods such as action-to-action and aspect-to-aspect, there are other panel transitions found in Watchmen such as below example. On page 58, the authors added gutters to split a continuous picture into three frames. Without the gutters, readers usually pay attention to only one of the characters on the picture, usually the middle one, and then go to the next frame. However, by adding gutters, readers are looking at three frames, each frame has a main character that draws their attention. Therefore, all three important characters on this picture will receive equal attention from the audience.
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| Page 58, Watchmen |
This method was also applied in other pages such as page 52 in which there are eight characters in a continuous picture but the authors split them into 3 frames so that each frame had two to three characters. It also helped authors understand the relationship between the characters. For example, Jon was in relationship with Laurie in Chapter 1, but on page 52 of Chapter 2, this split frames told the reader that Jon was with another woman, and Jon and Laurie were not in an intimate relationship at that time.
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