Narrative+and+Genre+SS


 * 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
 * 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 upload 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 the story
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * subject matter, including people
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose

I used the element color to create the circus tent which would help the reader understand what the story is about. I used framing by putting the tent in the middle third and having pictures of the two main character animals in the bottom third. I also used things like having the subject matter be the tent, dog, and elephant to tell the main characters and what they will be doing in the story they are about to read. I used setting by having a circus tent to show where the story takes place and where the main characters will be throughout the story. I even used things like text to tell the duo between the two characters and tells the reader even more the setting of the circus tent. I used contrast to create a stand-out feature in my cover which would be my circus tent. I used alignment to have the title at the top, tent in the middle, and the characters at the bottom. I used proximity to show the relationship between the characters and the setting.