Ella Wise Unit 4 and 9 Prep

Lesson 3 & 4 Publishers and Companies Many different publishers in the comic industry  Two of the most popular, taking up almost 80/90% of the market are: DC Comics (Owned by Warner Bros) and Marvel (Owned by The Walt Disney Company) are often referred to as ‘The Big Two’ Others include Manga Entertainment, 2000 AD, Fleet-way Press, Image Comics, Dark Horse Smaller publishers have started to build a big presence in the comic book world and are growing - pushing the boundaries of comic book content and creator owned content (e.g. Image comics and ‘The Walking Dead’ DC Comics - Superman Marvel - Spiderman Manga Entertainment - Akira 2000 AD - 2000 AD Fleetway Press - 2000 AD Image Comics - Savage Dragon Darkhorse - Cloaked  Independent & Self Publisher Independent Publishers - Almost all are creator owned (the creator keeps the rights to the characters and stories they create), and some of the topics may contain mature content: Fantagraphics Kitchen Skin Press To...

Lesson 2 Comic book burning In the 1940s comic book burnings were happening in the US to eliminate the perceived dangers of the “new” graphic comic books Many soldiers were returning home from seeing the same activities in Germany. Although comics were associated primarily with very young readers, 25% of printed materials going to military camps in World War II were comics Narratives within comics started causing hysteria and moral panic in soccer, due to their realistic, violent and gruesome nature. People fought back! Comics Code Authority (CCA) 1954 The CCA was voluntary, although a lot of companies and retailers found it reassuring. It was not a government regulator. It was created by comic book publishers to prevent backlash from the comic book community Excessive violence wasn’t allowed to be features, neither were zombies, vampires or any other character of that kind Divorce wasn’t allowed to feature within comics Prohibited the presentation of “Policemen, judges, government ...

  Lesson 1: Comics & Graphic novel story telling Comic books and cartoon strips have been around for a very long time from the earliest cave paintings depicting graphic scenes to the digital comics we see today. Comics have developed their own style, characters and following. Comics have served many purposes; firstly to entertain but secondly, in the case of some comics, to purvey a message to those who read it. Spider woman #1 was the top comic in March 2020 $1.2 billion comic and graphic novel sales in 2019 \ Quick Search The website displayed that Marvel comics dominated the comic industry during March 2020 in terms of retail market share as well as unit market share as they have over 40% shares. DC comics follows behind as they dominate almost a third of this market with around a 27% share. On top of this, both Marvel and DC shipped the most Comics and Graphic novels in March 2020. These increase in sales were probably down to the pandemic and people being stuck at ...

  Lesson 4 Its important that you properly design a sitemap, if you are asked to produce one Notice: The homepage is at the top The lines indicate the links between each tab The function to login/sign up Tabs and sub-tabs  Content Analysis Mega City Comics - Home page Mega City Comic’s main colours used in the home screen are blue and orange as these are also the colours used in their logo. However, due to the comic and manga covers, there are a much wider variety of colours used overall. Everything on the website is placed on a white background, with low opacity comic pages in the back to make sure the website isn’t too busy.  The words on the screen differ in size and also font depending on what the text is supposed to be doing. On the top bar of the page, all the text is a basic font coloured white on a blue background to ensure people can read it. They are also all the same size because they’re all doing the same job, they’re headers/buttons that lead to ...

Lesson 3 5 Interactive products you use the most Laptop Phone Tablet Car Game Boy Laptop Interactive features on the laptop that I enjoy the most are the ability to access the internet and search anything you need/want on it, as well as the ability to watch and listen to things on it really easily as you have access to downloadable apps as well as websites. The user experience with the laptop is really enjoyable as it is very simple to use with the maximum output. Computers are now installed with great speakers and high definition screens which allow listening and viewing aspects of the laptop to be enhanced and extremely enjoyable. Car The interactive features on my car that I enjoy the most would be the smart, touch-screen screen which allows easy control, and also is installed with ‘apps’ such as navigation, bluetooth, and ‘eco score’ . To access these controls and apps you use the simple and easy to use touch-screen screen and you press the buttons you need to in order to rec...

Lesson 1 and 2: Interactive Media What does the term interactive mean? - People can engage with it Why are products interactive ? Products that are able to engage their audience may become more successful To engage with an audience What interactive functions do you like to engage with? - Customisation  What are the purposes of interactive products? To engage the target audience Entertainment Marketing Promotional Advertising Inform Purpose Example of interactive element Promotional Game advertisements - Games include a playable aspect of their advertisement at the end Advertising Animations - hovering over an animation to make it play Marketing Hyperlinks - People can click and it take you to the product Entertainment Gaming - making a character run and jump on a game Social Media Staickers on Instagram stories - Polls on an Instagram story Inform Virtual reality News Interactive videos in 2021 Ne...