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So my presentation is going to be on the masking
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effect. What is the masking effect?
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So the masking effect is the idea that you yourself
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can place your self in a work better.
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So this usually occurs in a graphic novel and allows
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for the reader to become more connected to the work
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as they can feel the emotions of the characters and
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makes them some connections better than they could if the
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character was so detailed and so realistic.
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And it also helps understand works.
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They have more of a difficult subject matter, such as
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mouse one that we read in class.
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So what are the characteristics of the masking effect?
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Some characteristics of the masking effects include a very realistic
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looking backgrounds, such as trees and plants that you would
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see outside, and a very cartoon like drawing of characters.
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So the characters don't actually need to appear as humans
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as we saw in beautiful darkness.
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Many of them, a lot of them did have like
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human features, but for example, plan she did not appear
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to be completely human, but we still were able to
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put ourselves into her place and into her shoes as
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if she was.
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So here's the cover of beautiful darkness and I just
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want to dissect it a little bit as the cover
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utilizes a very real scenery with aurora in the middle
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of the focal point and she's drawn in a very
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cartoon like style compared to the hand that's on the
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cover and the background of the scenery.
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So the handling is very realistic, which adds even more
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to the realistic looking background, the plants, the trees and
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aurora she's drawn is very cartoon like and she kind
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of acts as a gateway for the reader into this
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graphic novel, as we can kind of see knowing what
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the masking effect is.
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We can understand what we're in for as far as
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she's a very cartoon looking character that we can embody.
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Okay, so how is the masking effect use in writing?
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So the technique is counterintuitive.
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It's the idea that as more details are added, it's
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going to be harder to picture yourself as the character.
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So from what we can see from this diagram, just
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a simple stick figure, we can all imagine ourselves as
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that. But once you add a hat becomes less universal
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and everyone becomes everyone with this kind of hat.
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So it makes it harder to put yourself into the
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shoes of that person.
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Right? Mhm.
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So why would an illustrator use the massive effect?
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So there's many reasons why the illustrator would use the
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masking effect and for example, it would allow the audience
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to relate to the characters better.
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So we are able to feel more of the emotions
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that the characters actually felt in the novel, as opposed
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to us just reading it for entertainment.
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Another reason is that it might make it easier to
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tell some of the harder stories, like I previously said
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Mouse one, it's a story of the Holocaust, which might
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be hard for some people to actually swallow.
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So the author then uses it kind of to make
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the subject matter a little bit easier to the readers.
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So also to be able to show the characters in
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a manner that everyone can be able to see themselves
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as rather than a very specialized person.
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And these are my sources.
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Thank you for watching my presentation.