| "DRAWN & QUARTERED" |
| TASK ONE: THE BEGINNING |
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| Part 1: Pick an Act, any Act. |
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| Now that we have read Macbeth in class, you should be prepared to pick out an act to include in your proposal. The proposal will not be based on the entire play (that would take too long) but using one act from the play should be sufficient enough to show how you will be portraying the characters, the settings, the costumes, etc. |
| The first part of your proposal will be to select an act from Macbeth and write a synopsis of the act, scene by scene. |
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| Part 2: What the heck is a Graphic Novel, anyway? |
| Well, now, that's a good question! To find out, check out the definition provided by "Wikipedia." |
| Now that you know what a Graphic Novel is, you can go to this website about what it takes to create one. |
| So, Graphic Novels are clearly NOT glorified comic books. They are actually illustrated novels that have quite a bit of time, effort, and thought put in to their creation. |
| The second part of your proposal will be to figure out who your audience is. Who are you creating this graphic novel for? |
| Middle-school children (about ages 12 through 14). Please keep in mind that if you create your graphic novel geared toward this age, you will have to tone down the violence! |
| Teenagers (about ages 15 through 19). It would be pretty cool to read a graphic novel of Macbeth in class, right? |
| Adults (ages 20 and over). People who want to brush up on their Shakespeare. |
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| Part 3: Editing |
| The last part of this task that you will have to include in your proposal is editing. Look over your synopsis of the act your group has selected. Is there any action that can be left out? Also examine your copy of Macbeth - are there any lines in the scenes that can be deleted? |
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| Remember: any lines or scenes that are changed or left out can alter the play completely. However, when Macbeth is done onstage, many lines or parts of a scene are deleted. Sometimes minor characters are left out altogether! So, it can be done. It just has to be done carefully. |
| In this part of your proposal, your group will take a photocopy of your act from your copy of Macbeth that we read from in class. On this photocopy, you will go mark out any lines, parts of scenes, or even minor characters with red pen. Then, your group will write why you excluded these lines/scenes/characters. |
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| CLICK HERE to move on to TASK TWO |
| What do Graphic Novels look like? To find out, go to Google.com and search under "Images," then copy some of the pics you find and send them to me in an email. Also, include any titles of some Graphic Novels you may already own. Tell me about them - what are they about? Do you like the artwork? Does the artwork make the story better? Email me (this will be part of your grade!): [email protected]. |
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| Limits on Editing: the minimum editing you can do is one or two lines. Let's put the max at around 20 lines. You may edit PART of a scene, but not a WHOLE scene. Also, your explanations must make sense. Bad Reason: "This line is stupid," or "I didn't understand this line, so I cut it." Good Reason: "I cut this line because I wanted the scene to have a more evil/menacing feel," or "In these lines, Lady Macbeth talks about killing her own child (if she had one). This is way too violent for our audience." |
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