Do you think comics are a children's or adult genre/media?
The comic book Tintin’s have been around for a long time. It has been published in Newspapers and graphic novel itself. At the beginning of the comic book Tintin’s I personally thought that the comic book is targeted for low aged child due to its immature and unrealistic stories. The drawings are also deceptive simplicity. This gives clear message to young aged child. However, as I read through, I spotted few violence scenes which would be more suitable for mature audience. After finishing the book, I thought it was targeted for all age of people. The drawings and stories may seem immature, however people with different age range will identify different message of the story. Tintin’s definitely have strong subtext in the story. The subtext I identified was evil can not win against the good. This maybe an immature subtext. However, the primary audience is still the young children, I thought this message will be admiring for them.
Do you think the movie Tintins’ have disappointed the viewers?
The movie Tintins’ was surely had fewer details than the book. The movie wasn't clear enough for audience to understand the clear subtext. However, the Tintin’s was targeted for younger audience. We can identify this is because if you have read and watched both movie and the comic book, you will find that Tintins’ movie had no violence scenes at all. When violence scene is needed, they would describe it by words by using bang, bam, pam etc. This scene gave a clear idea that the movie was surely targeted immature viewers. Then I realised the reason for less descriptions. It was easier to understand the movie than the book. The book had too much writings, and vocabs that young people might not be able to understand the full message. The book was very much succeeded and better for people my age or older, however I personally think that movie was successful of its own by focusing on the storyline and making the story interesting rather than the subtext. If I was younger I would definitely choose the movie over the comic book.
Good points - these 'simple drawings' have been much admired by artist for what is called 'deceptive simplicity' which means that it looks easier than it is.
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Yes rather than simple drawing, I should of used "deceptive simplicity"
DeleteWhat I mean by strong subtext is that in the Tintins, I personally found that the evil can not win against the good. It maybe very simple and immature subtext. However, since the primary audience for the book and the film are aimed for children, I thought it would be very strong message for the them.
Yes rather than simple drawing, I should of used "deceptive simplicity"
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean by strong subtext is that in the Tintins, I personally found that the evil can not win against the good. It maybe very simple and immature subtext. However, since the primary audience for the book and the film are aimed for children, I thought it would be very strong message for the them.
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ReplyDeleteAnd one last thing, I have made a mistake. Second question, on the last sentence, I have written down "If I was younger, I would definitely choose the movie or the comic book." However, I was suppose to say "choose movie over the comic book."
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