The Arrival - Shaun Tan

Observations

• Tone - Nostalgic, homely.
• Use of media, pencil, texture and lighting/shade add to the atmosphere created.
• Sequential Imagery - Small moments of action, followed by larger images of the whole 'scene'.
• Use of composition - Close ups to far away, in a sequential series.
• Narratives told through a collection of smaller images, square format.
• Many images of the same thing - eg. the sky.
• Different angles of the same scene/action.
• Use of scale.
• Sense of family.
• Telling of a personal, 'human' story.
• Metaphors - Monsters.