Emma Reynolds

Emma Reynolds talk about 'Narrative Structure and Devices'. Her experience is broad and she is currently working for animation house studio Kilogramme doing character development and sense of place 'backgrounds' for them.
http://emmareynoldsillustration.com

This lecture was very important for me as I am working on a children's book for my FMP and also wish for a career choice, so understanding her methods of working and how she creates her characters was a key influence to how I produce my characters.

• Working with different angels of the face, front, back, side, up and down.
• Cropping to create interest.
• Don't illustrate every word, the adult can read it to the child. Text & Image play their own role.
• Text: The words will say one thing ( The pictures will do different things).
• Both enhance one another without repeating yourself .
• Proportion... Large head small body. Looking at different view points.
• Make the pages flow into each other.
• Attach elements of humour depending on your age group.
• Size, layout and colour ideas.
• Rough books, continuous line of a story board no page divides.
• Playfulness and enjoyment.
• Sense of place and the equality of research.