Chapter Twelve
Off-Screen
The Importance of Blank Space
Fernando Zaparaín
Picturebooks are comprised, initially with text and images as represented
sequential enunciation. These, however, are achieved using graphic ellipsis: this
refers to that related to enunciation, which representation avoids, due to the
selective nature of the frame and the discontinuity between images required
for serialization. Off-screen is a spatial ellipsis which excludes a scenic portion
(characters, decoration, sound or atmosphere) which is signifi cant for
the story (e.g., Gómez 2003). Strictly speaking, any unframed reality would
remain off-screen with regard to the selected one; however, in this case the
concealment of the known or knowable that can have a relationship with the
story is the only aspect of interest. As such, it would be more appropriate to
speak of a process of metonymy with regard to the representation of the whole
with one part, since in off-screen the blank space in itself is not used but rather
how it relates to what has been selected. In addition to verifying the succinctness
of means obvious throughout the selection, an attempt will be made to
defi ne off-screen, to ascertain how it is established and to determine under
what conditions it has greater narrative effect.
Chapter TwelveOff-ScreenThe Importance of Blank SpaceFernando ZaparaínPicturebooks are comprised, initially with text and images as representedsequential enunciation. These, however, are achieved using graphic ellipsis: thisrefers to that related to enunciation, which representation avoids, due to theselective nature of the frame and the discontinuity between images requiredfor serialization. Off-screen is a spatial ellipsis which excludes a scenic portion(characters, decoration, sound or atmosphere) which is signifi cant forthe story (e.g., Gómez 2003). Strictly speaking, any unframed reality wouldremain off-screen with regard to the selected one; however, in this case theconcealment of the known or knowable that can have a relationship with thestory is the only aspect of interest. As such, it would be more appropriate tospeak of a process of metonymy with regard to the representation of the wholewith one part, since in off-screen the blank space in itself is not used but ratherhow it relates to what has been selected. In addition to verifying the succinctnessof means obvious throughout the selection, an attempt will be made todefi ne off-screen, to ascertain how it is established and to determine underwhat conditions it has greater narrative effect.
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