文档介绍：CHAPTER 10
Single Panel Elements
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CHAPTER 10
Single Panel Elements
BIRD’S EYE VIEW AND WORM’S EYE VIEW
A bird’s eye view is a scene from way up in the air as though ﬂ ying over the scene. This type
of shot is often a cityscape, seen at an extreme angle to show the placement of buildings. This
point of view is usually looking straight down or close to it. These sorts of views are good for
establishing shots, if it’s important to know the lay of the land. Think of it as a map view.
A worm’s eye view is similar to low angle, but taken to an extreme. It’s from the point of view
of a worm, looking up at a great height. It’s used to accentuate something tall and make it
look even taller.
Pro Manga Example
Here’s a bird’s eye view example from Page 12, Panel 1 of Other Side. From the above, near
the top of a great rock formation, we’re looking straight down on Keil’s mecha. The climb
looms above him. The bird’s eye view emphasizes this challenge by showing the reader how
small Keil’s mecha pared to the rock formation.
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SINGLE PANEL ELEMENTS: FINAL NOTE
The choices you make in regards to establishing shots, angles and views go a long way
toward making your manga clearer, more readable and more professional. Before telling a
story from panel to panel, it’s important that each individual panel looks the best it
possibly can.
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CHAPTER 11
Panel to Panel
Storytelling
Nearly as important as how a single panel posed is how you design position
of a page, and the transition between one panel to the next. This panel-to-panel work is
where you really tell your manga story and how es alive.
POSITION
When you lay out a manga page, the number of panels you put on it goes a long way toward 143
determining pacing, mood, excitement and feel. In general, manga has fewer panels per
page and thus takes longer to tell a story than its western counterpart. One reason for that is
format, as many manga