~Finale~

Summary

The main task assigned to us for Unit 175 (1st semester of the Bachelor of Multimedia Design course) was to read "Understanding Comics, The Invisible Art" by Scott McCloud and to "Relate what is said in this chapter to a work/artist/designer you have seen in lectures/anywhere else. Image, brief description, link to a source of information on the web" on a weekly basis.

I really enjoyed reading the above-mentioned book and was enlightened about many different theories and concepts that I had just Not thought to "think about" before I read this book! All the lectures I attended for this unit were entertaining and very informative. They always linked back to one of the chapters in the book by either portraying examples of a theory McCloud might have mentioned or by introducing completely different ideas that would relate back to the book in some manner.

Some of the main aspects about this assignment would be the way I "see" media these days! I find myself analyzing movies of all kinds from animated, cartoons and feature films ( to non-animated, action movies (Die Hard and James Bond!) I have also been made aware of the ability to branch out into other cultures and watch movies made in Japan and China! For Example: "Princess Mononoke" and "Dragon Ball Z" in week 4. This helped me understand theories McCloud discussed in his book, such as audience identifying with characters, closure, relationship between form and content, the language of icons and symbols, etc. It was really helpful to be able to have actual exmaple of the information in McClouds book in class everyday for me to see and understand, and be able to investigate further.

Multimedia Design 175: Theory and Practice has allowed me to look at the mediums of communication in a new light! Film, radio, television, comic books....all of these shall never be the same again. I also learnt about interactivity, literacy and the design of above-mentioned communications and their individual advantages and disadvantages.

I found this unit to be entirely enjoyable, and owe a big thank you to Andrew Hutchison for being such a kind and fun lecturer. Thanks for everything!!! :c)