1. Moment-to-Moment
This type of transition requires very little closure and the stages progress very slowly. Almost like a step by step illustration of consecutive moving stages.
After our small group discussion in class, we thought that the 5 panels above illustrate moment-to-moment transition because the panels require very little closure. We all could understand that the guy enters the car, closes the door, starts engine, and drives. It doesn't require much interpretation and imagination on the readers side.
2. Action-to-Action
2. Action-to-Action
According to the definition, this transition features a single subject in distinct action-to-action progressions. It is almost like little actions from panel to panel. I perceive this as those kind of "moving comic" we draw on the corners of our books in the past. For instance, drawing a stick man walking, using each page as a panel, and once all the drawings are done, we flip the pages quickly so that we could see the stick man move. Remember???? Hahaha. It was rather fun.
But that thought made me question about comic. Does that form of drawing count as comic as well?? Hmmm...
Anyway, these 5 panels show action-to-action transition because we can see how the person searches for the keys and slowly bringing the key out from the bag. The small action progresses from panel to panel.
3. Subject-to-Subject
A large part of readers' involvement is required in order to decipher and interpret what the panels mean. It usually stays within a scene or an idea but in order to render these transitions meaningful, readers must be able to interpret and understand the transitions.
Panel 5 would not be meaningful unless readers read panel 3 and 4, and have some kind of understanding that the beer resulted in an accident, which caused his death in panel 5. In my opinion, I could have simply used just three panels to illustrate the whole idea - panel 1, 3 and 5. It would be sufficient in bringing out the idea that drink-driving killed him, however, it might require a higher level of readers' involvement with lesser number of panels.
4. Scene-to-Scene
Definition of such transitions mentions that deductive reasoning is usually required in reading and understanding such transitions, which transport readers across significant distances of time and space. In other words, from my understanding, different panels could show different scenes, subject, actions, etc, but readers should be able to understand that all these took place at the same time. otherwise, one panel could be talking about the present but the next panel could show a scene that took place years back, or years after.
Panels 4 and 5 illustrate the scene-to-scene transition clearly. It is still at the same place except that it has changed time. And sometimes, the change in time can be conveyed by texts, just like the words "THE NEXT DAY". Such transition does not have the restriction of time and space across panels.
5. Aspect-to-Aspect
From what I understood, aspect-to-aspect transitions normally show different aspects of a same idea/place/mood. For instance, in an amusement park, the first panel could show the rollercoasters, second panel could show the food stalls, third could show children queuing and having fun. Something like that.
All the panels showed the conditions of the road but in different aspects. First panel shows that the car is moving on the road and it tells us the setting of the scene (the road). Second, it gives us the idea that the road is congested. Third, it shows that the car moves out from the traffic and decided to take a shorter route. And lastly, the car moves along the road (NOTE THAT SCENE IS STILL ON THE ROAD) except that it is a non-congested road now. This shows different aspects of the road conditions while the guy drives.
6. Non-Sequitor
These are usually transitions that offer no logical connections from panel to panel. Scenes, moods, ideas just change randomly from panel to panel.
The above are randomly taken from the comic to show the non-sequitor transition whereby all the panels have no link to each other.
However, somehow I think that if readers are imaginative enough, they might still be able to make something out from non-sequitor transitions. It's really up to how the audience interpret sometimes. :)
Reflection
There are so many different types of panel-to-panel transitions and I thought sometimes they can be confusing because I believe that these 5 types of transitions are not mutually exclusive all the times. Sometimes, what seemed to be an aspect-to-aspect transition could be seen as scene-to-scene as well.
In my opinion, art is always very subjective and so is the definition of the panel-to-panel transitions. :)
But that thought made me question about comic. Does that form of drawing count as comic as well?? Hmmm...
3. Subject-to-Subject
A large part of readers' involvement is required in order to decipher and interpret what the panels mean. It usually stays within a scene or an idea but in order to render these transitions meaningful, readers must be able to interpret and understand the transitions.
4. Scene-to-Scene
Definition of such transitions mentions that deductive reasoning is usually required in reading and understanding such transitions, which transport readers across significant distances of time and space. In other words, from my understanding, different panels could show different scenes, subject, actions, etc, but readers should be able to understand that all these took place at the same time. otherwise, one panel could be talking about the present but the next panel could show a scene that took place years back, or years after.
5. Aspect-to-Aspect
From what I understood, aspect-to-aspect transitions normally show different aspects of a same idea/place/mood. For instance, in an amusement park, the first panel could show the rollercoasters, second panel could show the food stalls, third could show children queuing and having fun. Something like that.
6. Non-Sequitor
These are usually transitions that offer no logical connections from panel to panel. Scenes, moods, ideas just change randomly from panel to panel.
However, somehow I think that if readers are imaginative enough, they might still be able to make something out from non-sequitor transitions. It's really up to how the audience interpret sometimes. :)
Reflection
There are so many different types of panel-to-panel transitions and I thought sometimes they can be confusing because I believe that these 5 types of transitions are not mutually exclusive all the times. Sometimes, what seemed to be an aspect-to-aspect transition could be seen as scene-to-scene as well.
In my opinion, art is always very subjective and so is the definition of the panel-to-panel transitions. :)
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