Graphic novel research

I'm looking into graphic novels at the moment due to the fact media can be portrayed in various different ways, movies is just one medium, another is graphic novels. I think that looking at graphic novels will help me later on with my designs for my film poster and magazine cover by allowing me to see different styles that are just in graphic novels alone. I also think it'll be very helpful when it comes to storyboarding for my film. 


I looked at two different ways of telling the same story and which I thought was more effective. The first that I looked at was Silhouetted images.
 I think that this is a very simple way to tell a story and was good for me as it doesn't require much artistic talent as it doesn't require detail. I do think that it can almost alienate an audience though as as you can't see any detail, you can't see facial features and so it's obviously a lot harder to connect with. I do think that there is better methods but, as a quick simplistic drawing it's a great technique. 

I then moved onto looking at the style of Manga. I chose to do Manga after looking at Silhouette as i think it provides a massive contrast as Manga is all about the bold colourations. I feel like the simple detailing was a lot more effective in telling the same story. i like the way that it's very quick and simple to do as you can portray emotion through simple icons, such as an exclamation mark for anger and a tear drop for upset. With manga colours are a key for showing different emotions for example:

 red= anger

blue=upset

green= jealousy 

The only thing that I dislike about manga is the way that it is read but I could always change that to suit me when i'm creating my storyboard.