Exercise 5

 Instructions:

Design Your Own Story Arc: Choose a medium (e.g. a short comic strip or a 1-minute animation) and sketch out a complete story arc. Begin by defining the exposition (who, where), then identify a conflict or inciting incident that kicks off the rising action. Plan a clear climax – the high point of tension or emotion – and a resolution that gives closure. Pay attention to your emotional arc: under each segment of your outline, note how you want the audience to feel (curious, excited, anxious, relieved, etc.). Create a simple storyboard or outline illustrating each phase of the arc. Afterward, review it to see if the character undergoes any change (a mini character arc) and if a theme is suggested by the end. This exercise will help you practice constructing a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end that work together to impact the audience.

My comic strip

    For this assignment, I did a comic strip of a man living in the apocalypse. To explain what's happening, the man in our story is walking down a street in an empty city. He goes into a nearby corner store and to his surprise there is no more food. In fact, the store is completely empty. Initially, our main character is our the verge of a breakdown or panic attack. However, in the end, he ends up just making a garden to grow his food. Whilst, I don't the main character changes enough to comment on, I do think he learns an important lesson about over relying on 1 resource.