Narrative+and+GenresMD


 * Assignment**:
 * Go back to MyON to view the cover of **Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!. T**hen go back to view the first scene in **Assignment America.**
 * Think about what the cover of a book or CD might be if each was recreated as another genre. **Guiding Questions:** What color background would you use? What text? What style font and what color for the text would you use? Where would the text be placed? What would be the subject matter of any pictures and what style pictures would you need to use? What would be the setting for the picture? What size would the picture be compared to the text? You might want to go to Amazon.com to look at book covers and CD covers for ideas.
 * Genre Examples**:
 * = **Gus** ||= **America** ||
 * = television news story ... ||= children's story book ... ||
 * = situation comedy ... ||= situation comedy ... ||
 * = detective/mystery drama ... ||= detective/mystery drama ... ||
 * = martial arts film ... ||= martial arts film ... ||
 * 1) Use pixlr.com or Open office Draw of Tux Paint to **create a cover** **for one of the stories** retold as a different genre:
 * 2) Use images from Flickr commons or from search.creativecommons.org
 * 3) Use the same title and a picture representing at least one of the characters from the original story.
 * 4) Create a new wiki page called **Genres //yourinitials//**.
 * 5) Save the graphic document as a j**peg and it to the new wiki page**.
 * 6) **Write a paragraph** explaining the design for the cover. Describe how you used the graphic elements: contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity to create the cover. Also, explain how you used the following to provide clues to the story
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter, including people
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text

**Cover Paragraph Design Description Here**
The background color is black. It was chosen because the black sky symbolizes night and eery mystery. The yellow lights represent the dim and warm feeling that can only be found in the darkest of times. The white mist clouds represent the spooky feeling of Halloween as ghosts fly through the sky searching for people to scare. The title and two main characters are made very large to emphasize they are the main characters in the story. The title is made very large for the younger kids to read it easily. The setting is obviously recognized as Halloween by witnessing Gus and Beans in costumes. Costumes also represent what the characters will wear throughout the story. There is not much lighting other than the brightly colored characters, bright yellow orbs, misty clouds, and white lettering. There are bright colors on the main characters to make the kids feels comfortable and happy throughout the book. They will then feel happy and joyful. They will want to keep reading.