Frozen Moments in Motion – An Artistic Research on Digital Comics

Fredrik Rysjedal

What are the concepts of motion in digital comics? What types of motion can be used in comics and how does motion affect the presentation, the story and even the reader/viewer? This project is a part of the Norwegian Programme for Artistic Research, and it's executed at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, today called Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen.

Frozen Moments in Motion

An Artistic Research on Digital Comics by Fredrik Rysjedal

The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD), The University of Bergen

Contents

2018 Frozen Motions in Motion by Fredrik Rysjedal

Aknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Relationship between Comics and Film

Positioning Motion in Digital Comics

Bastards

The Meeting Points of Comics and Film

The Boundary between Comics and Film

Why use Motion in Comics?

Chapter 2: Sound of the Aurora

Framework

Orgin

Story development

The magic lantern: a lost tradition

The performance comic

Investigation into Spatial Motion

Motion graphics
Flying panel delivery
Mobile framing
Filters
The lens
Automated motion

The Performance Comic Format

Live editing
Performing Sound of the Aurora

Personal Reflections

Chapter 3: Close, Closer, Closest

Image Stream Investigations

Cinematic panels

Panel delivery

Automated and Interactive full motion

Personal Reflections

Chapter 4: The Digital Comic

Fundamental Parameters

The comic
The screen
Interaction
Reader control

Personal Reflections

Chapter 5: Conclusions

Close, Closer, Closest

Sound of the Aurora

The Relationship between Comics and Film

The Digital Comic

Future Research

Reference List

Bibliography

Video recordings

Images

Figures

Sound recordings

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