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Dissertation Information for Amy E. Spaulding

NAME:
- Amy E. Spaulding

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1982)

ADVISORS:
- Jane Anne Therese Hannigan
- Kay Ellen Vandergrift

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Ambiguous

Title: CLOSET DRAMA FOR CHILDREN: A STUDY OF THE PICTURE BOOK AS STORYBOARD

Abstract: This study examines a new form of picture book. What makes this form unique is

its use of elements earlier used only for the comic book, comic strip, and comic

paper. Specific comic traits were identified within verbal and visual elements

of style, and these traits were studied in sample titles chosen from these new

picture books, here called storyboard books. The visual design elements examined

were: animation, line, color, and page layout. The lino-language elements

(visual aspects of language) examined were: dialogue ballons, print/lettering,

and punctuation and symbols. The verbal elements were textual breakdown and

language style.

One of the most interesting aspects of the storyboard book is the ultimate

effect of its special form. The use of the present tense within the narrative

and the fact that much of the action is portrayed in picture rather than word

combine to produce an effect that is as much of drama as of illustrated fiction.

To examine the dramatic nature of this new form, the sample titles were

considered in terms of Aristotelian formative parts: Mythos, Ethos, Dianoia,

Lexis, Melos and Opsis. The artistotelian formative parts proved a useful means

of approach to the books, and study of the individual titles revealed that the

storyboard form fits well within a dramatic system. Study of the comic elements

revealed ways in which language and graphic design have affected the

storytelling function of this "theater on a page"

The storyboard book is clearly a form of picture book rather than a hardcover

comic book. Indeed, different aspects of "storyboard" have been used in

traditional picture books as well as in full story-board titles. The adaptation

of the comic elements has produced a new form that is a worthwhile addition to

the world of picture books.

MPACT Scores for Amy E. Spaulding

A = 0
C = 1
A+C = 1
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2008-01-31 06:01:57

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