Beyond The Narrative

Beyond the narrative

In this lecture, we were asked to consider how we could change and reimagine our narrative. For my narrative, I believe I could reimagine it in a few different ways. For one, I could follow Disney's adaptation and make the narrative and its themes much softer, less harsh and visual. I could imagine Buck as a kinder soul, a forgiving animal, unlike in the original book. On the other hand, I could imagine the narrative being much darker than it was made, much more gruesome, cruel and sad. I could make Buck nasty with the betrayals and pains he goes through, an unforgiving, tortured animal. Or, in other ways, I could make the narrative more child friendly. Although technically classed as a children's book already, I could aim it to much younger audiences, with cartoon animals and a simpler storyline. 

I would like to consider some of these ideas moving forward, wanting to push the boundaries a bit with this narrative, and create emotions for my audiences. 

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In the other half of this lecture, we focused more on text and image, and how that can be used in our own work. Choosing from a large pile of poems, we were asked to create a spread that shows the connection between the text and images. 

I chose the poem 'There was a young lady from Ickenham', a funny small poem about a young woman going out, getting very drunk, and being very sick after. After sketching a few ideas, I knew I wanted to go for a cartoony, funnier approach. Whilst this was out of my comfort zone a bit, it not being my style at all, however I enjoyed the challenge and am happy with the way it came out. I would develop this further by cleaning it up, and adding some flashes of colour. I would also play more with the composition of the page, rather than putting the images in basic positions like I did.