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Thursday, October 16, 2008
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8 comments:
I love how you have picked up on the issue of language (and with that I think comes culture-definitely in this particular example!) as a means of discrimination. I am confused though, as to who exactly your hero is? I think that's its very clear who your villain is-Propp would be so proud! Too often we classify people before even getting to know them and I think that your comic strip shows takes that example to the extreme. It's disturbing to see how the Afrikaans girl is ashamed to be seen speaking her home language to her lecturer. I think that you managed to capture that feeling of alienation that so many of us feel when we first arrive here. It's fantastic that you managed to convey such a powerful social issue without making it feel as if we were being preached to.
Nadia James
I enjoyed reading your comic, even though I felt it almost had the structure of a soap containing the extended middle. I like the idea you sent out at the end of comic, which to me was that even though we might be diverse, having diverse languages we all fall under the human race. I really liked your first comic board, it is nicely organised and the effects help with the telling of the story. I like how on the last comic board you made the audience suspect as she wished she was not heard. When I was reading that one, I thought she would turn out to be an alien. I think it’s good that you didn’t conclude as you just stated the facts and you left it to the audience because I feel this could be concluded in different ways. Good work fellow students and well done DR. Chitty, very convincing.
hey guys that was brilliant. Ireally enjoyed your comic especially when the doctor is dragging the patient to her labs. You also raised a very important issue, about the Grahamstown water,surely it is driving some of us crazy. The way you did it left me thinking guys and l was a bit frightened while at the same time amused.Thumps to Dr Chitty.From http://sofru.blogspot.com
Hey guys. I struggled a bit with your comic. I’m not sure what the point of it is. There is no title to help me understand either. Your photos are interesting though and I think it is good that the photos were taken in different places because it makes it interesting. I’m not sure that I can find a structured form of narrative within the comic either. There does not seem to be a ‘hero’ or a ‘villain’ (a form of narrative structure developed by Todorov) in the comic which adds to my confusion of what the point is. The amount of speech and thought bubbles within each frame also makes the narrative difficult to follow. There are spelling and grammar mistakes in your comic too. I think if there was a clear narrative structure and title to your comic fellow students like me would be able to understand it and maybe find a point within it.
Hey Guys, I enjoyed your comic but I can relate to what Irene Boshoff said. Your narrative does not really follow todorov's model. There doesn't appear to be equilibrium, a disruption, recognition, an attempt to restore equilibrium & finally a reinstatement of equilibrium. Your comic only seems to have a beginning and middle. The ending almost seems as if it needs a "to be continued" to finish it off or state a moral. At the same time your photo comic has a hard hitting message about the assumptions and stereotypes we form in our heads of those around us so to a degree (what I think your message is trying to say) we are all the villains. In terms of Proppian characters it is quite evident that Dr. Chitty is the - somewhat misunderstood - villain of the piece. Other character functions however are difficult to locate. Where is your hero? Your damsel in distress? On the whole it was an entertaining read, and your photographs were quite convincing. Your message might have been more profound if you had been a little bit less "politically correct". In the context of this comic it would have hit the message in harder.
I thought this comic was great! The idea of the “mad scientist” as the villain was a good choice. Obviously you referred to Props’ theory of the villain while constructing that character. The humour in the comic had me laughing aloud to myself in my room. I think the other people in my corridor must have thought I had eventually slipped over the edge and become stark raving mad! I enjoyed the narrative as a whole. I think that Todorov would be proud as you guys showed a clear equilibrium in the beginning which was followed by the disruption of the Afrikaans lecturer and led to the eventual resolution of the situation when Dr. Chitty realised that the Afrikaans girl was actually human. Who would have guessed?
I like the way the comic was conceptualised the actors and use of costume boosted the visual aspect of the story board and made it easier to identify both the genre and villian in this story. A very sensetive topic which I really did not realise was even a call of concern in Grahamstown.I'ts surprising that people are still so ignorant at this stage and age in their lives. I'm sure the villian has realised how stupid they have been to be so prejudice and narrow minded this was also well depicted through your story line.The fact that the other girl was concious of been heard speak Afrikaans was not clear to why that would be but i assume it's due to the prejudice.Well scripted and acted out.
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