Manga: Great perspective

As for getting ideas about facial expressions and camera perspective, Manga is the best candidate for those inspirations.

One of the most unique Manga with great use of perspective to enhance the story is the DBZ. DBZ is a one of the most famous Japanese Anime and Manga brands of all time. It was produced by by Akira Toriyam and published on the Weekly Shōnen Jump between t1988 to 1995. Its comic features many fight scenes, blood and love scene. This applies that the comic is an fighting and adventure comic. All of the iconic signifiers would most likely appeal to people in the 10 to 20 age demographic. This genre of comic usually have these traits. 

Blood connotes that the comic is violent and has threatening characters. The fights applies that there are many cases that there are villains vs heroes type of scenario. 

As for the technique, the Manga must have been drawn by many artist. Drawing detailed environments and characters consumes time. The cost of printing must have been high due to the large quantity of volumes. 

Lets talk about the examples of pages to demonstrate inspirations are very useful. 

View:
Close shot
Eye view
Long shot

 The image on the right features an intimidating man approaching another character. The close enables his mood to be convey efficiently. The blood marks of his face are very noticeable due to the distance of the camera. The eyes and mouth are very bold things that improves the atmosphere. As Manga reads from right to left, the following picture reveals the cause of  indexical signifier. There is a shot of another character who glaring at the smaller character. The pace of the scene is very fast due to the fact that the page immediately only shows the smaller character.  Signifiers, like electric, demonstrates that effects increase the intenseness of the situation.  I like the idea that there is tension in the design. Having rocks flying, electricity and ripped clothes demonstrates that this person is really powerful 

Compared to the previous image, this part of the story offers a great sense of movement. The first picture reveals a behind shot of the flying character approaching his adversary. Straight, thin lines represent a sense of movement in comics. However, many real clips use blurs to create illusions that people are traveling at a fast speed. The next shows a good perspective of the man whom the flying character is fight attempting to punch. The distance of the camera and the fist is quite close, making it look striking to the audience. 

This is another great example of a fight scene. The sequence reveals the fight from different perspectives that maintains the audiences' interest. The first scene shows a side view of the scene and then the following picture reveals it from behind the woman. The last and the narrow picture shows a front close shot of the woman preparing for another punch. The use of different perspective signifies the characters are fighting at a fast pace. 


Planning is one technique is a common trait feature on all scenes.  Choosing the best angel and scene narrative takes a long time.  They all demonstrate that the artist and writer have collaborated to create effective scenes.  Although this is in a different medium, it is a great inspiration for effects and perspectives to create a captivating time based event. 

References. 

http://www.mangapark.com/manga/dbz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z