Frozen Moments in Motion

An Artistic Research on Digital Comics by Fredrik Rysjedal

The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD), The University of Bergen

Images

Bigerel, Yves and Diaz, Paco. 2014. Wolverine: Japan’s Most Wanted. (Panel delivery 1). Issue #1, 12–13. US: Marvel.

 

Eide, Hans Philip. 2016. Picture 26. PNG

 

Hergé, Rene. 1943. The Crab with the Golden Claw, 21 (Picture 14). Boston: Little Brown & Co

 

Ludvigsen, Klara Sofie. 2016. Picture 27. JPG

 

Rocha, Andrea. 2017. Picture 22. JPG

 

Rysjedal, Fredrik. 2013. (Picture 7). JPG

 

——. 2013. (Picture 8). JPG

 

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——. 2014. Lyden av Aurora plakat 2014. (Picture 1). JPG

 

——. 2014. Lyden av Aurora. (Picture 5). Screenshot. JPG

——. 2014. Cinematic Panels 1. JPG

 

——. 2014. Lyden av Aurora. (Picture 33). Screenshot. JPG

 

——. 2014. Picture 35. JPG

 

——. 2015. Close, Closer, Closest App Icon. (Picture 2). PNG

 

——. 2015. Sound of the Aurora Poster 2015. (Picture 4). JPG

 

——. 2015. Picture 29. JPG

 

——. 2016. Picture 13. JPG

 

——. 2016. Close, Closer, Closest App Icon. (Picture 20). PNG

 

——. 2016. Nær, nærare, nærast, 4. (Picture 21). JPG

 

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——. 2016. Nær, nærare, nærast, 14. (Picture 33). JPG

 

——. 2018. Picture 32. SVG

Speck, Ben. 2016. Picture 3. JPG

 

——. 2016. Picture 12. JPG

 

——. 2016. Picture 19. JPG

 

——. 2016. Picture 34. JPG

Sørdal, Gro. 2014. Picture 15. Screenshot. JPG

 

——. 2014. Picture 16. Screenshot. JPG

 

——. 2014. Picture 17. Screenshot. JPG

 

——. 2014. Picture 18. Screenshot. JPG

Unknown Photographer. 1943. Andreas Strand. (Picture 6). JPG

Figures

Rysjedal, Fredrik. 2017. Figure 1. Text

 

——. 2018. Figure 2. GIF

 

——. 2018. Figure 3. GIF

 

——. 2018. Figure 4. GIF

 

——. 2018. Figure 5. GIF

 

——. 2018. Figure 6. GIF

 

——. 2018. Figure 7. GIF

 

——. 2018. Figure 8. GIF

Reference List

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Cavalier, Stephen. The World History of Animation. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2011.

 

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Defendini, Pablo. ‘Standards, Semantics and Sequential Art: Towards a Digital Comics Praxis’. Lecture presented at The Comic Electric: A Digital Comics Symposium, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK, 14 October 2015. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIuG2aQqhA8 34:40 (Accessed 20 May 2018)

 

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Rysjedal, Fredrik. ‘Den skjermbaserte teikneserien’ [The Screen-Based Comic]. Master’s degree thesis, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Department of Design, 2008.

 

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Sound recordings

Rysjedal, Fredrik. 2015. Audio 1, Teiknesamtalen: Erik Loyer. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Teikneseriehovudstaden. Podcast episode, 49:22

https://soundcloud.com/teikneseriehovudstaden s

 

——. 2014. Audio 2, Teiknesamtalen 04: Daniel Merlin Goodbrey. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Teikneseriehovudstaden. Podcast episode, 01:29:55
https://soundcloud.com/teikneseriehovudstaden

 

——. 2015. Audio 3, Teiknesamtalen 02: Morten F. Thomsen. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Teikneseriehovudstaden. Podcast episode, 01:26:38
https://soundcloud.com/teikneseriehovudstaden

 

 

 

 

Video recordings

Filardodesigns. 2008. MYST - Chapter 1. (Video 69). Uploaded 8 September 2008. YouTube video, 00:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-8CFun3nEw

 

Fudgebudger. 2012. Spider-Man 1996 CyberComic  - part 1. (Video 71). Uploaded 10 November 2012, YouTube Video, 08:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qjtC3Iaw0

 

Haara, Øystein Grutle. 2014. Video 50. Video recording. MPEG, 01:01

 

Haara, Øystein Grutle. 2014. Video 56. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Video recording. MPEG, 22:05

 

Helgesen, Aslak. 2018. Video 42. Screen recording (PC), 02:03

 

Künzli, Lukas. 2015. Video 13. Video recording. MPEG, 00:54

Ludvigsen, Klara Sofie. 2015. Video 105. Video recording. MPEG, 01:06

 

Moore, Alan and Gibson, Dave. 2008. Chapter 1. Watchmen the Motion Comic. (Video 19). Directed by Jake Strider Hughes. Produced by Warner Bros. Blueray, 25:11

 

Rysjedal, Fredrik. 2013. Video 12. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 01:05

 

——. 2013. Video 24. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 02:38

 

——. 2013. Video 43. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:43

 

——. 2013. Video 67. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Video and screen recordings. MPEG, 11:27

 

——. 2013. Video 79. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 10:21

 

——. 2013. Video 101. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 09:50

 

——. 2014. Video 10. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 07:23

 

——. 2014. Video 11. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 04:24

 

——. 2014. Video 14. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:21

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 20).  Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:23

 

——. 2014. Video 15. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:11

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 16). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:17

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 26). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:50

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 27). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:40

 

——. 2014. Video 31. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 02:28

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 32). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:14

 

——. 2014. Video 36. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Screen recording (iMac), 31:42

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 38). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:32

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 44). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:38

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 45). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:24

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 46). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:32

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 53). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:02

 

——. 2014. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 54). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:19

 

——. 2014. Video 57. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Video recording. MPEG, 12:34

 

——. 2014. Video 65. Video recording. MPEG, 00:31

 

——. 2014. Video 68. Screen recording (iMac), 04:02

 

——. 2015. Video 8. Screen recording (MacBook Pro), 04:33

 

——. 2015. Video 9. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 04:33

 

——. 2015. Video 22. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 02:53

 

——. 2015. Video 25. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 01:03

 

——. 2015. Video 47. Video recording. MPEG, 02:51

 

——. 2015. Video 66. Screen recording (iMac), 00:36

 

——. 2015. Video 108. Video recording. MPEG, 00:53

 

——. 2015. Video 109. Uploaded 15 September 2015. Instagram video. MPEG, 00:53

 

——. 2015. Video 112. Video recording. MPEG, 01:42

 

——. 2015. Video 122. Video recording. MPEG, 01:36

 

——. 2016. Video 7. Screen recording (iMac), 04:33

 

——. 2016. Video 23. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:27

 

——. 2016. Video 29. Screen recording (iMac), 00:52

 

——. 2016. Video 40. Screen recording (PC), 01:01

 

——. 2016. Video 52. Screen recording (iMac), 01:21

 

——. 2016. Video 72. Screen recording (iMac), 01:49

 

——. 2016. Video 83. Screen recording (iMac), 00:24

 

——. 2016. Video 87. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 01:24

 

——. 2016. Video 91. Screen recording (iMac), 01:29

 

——. 2016. Video 99. Screen recording (iMac), 01:21

 

——. 2016. Video 111. Video recording. MPEG, 00:50

 

——. 2016. Video 117. Screen recording (iMac), 09:43

 

——. 2016. Video 118. Screen recording (iMac), 00:48

 

——. 2018. Video 1. Screen recording (iPad), 00:32

 

——. 2018. Video 2. Screen recording (iMac), 00:52

——. 2018. Video 3. Screen recording (iMac), 01:52

——. 2018. Video 5. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 02:08

 

——. 2018. Video 17. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:11

 

——. 2018. Video 18. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:18

 

——. 2018. Video 21. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 04:07

 

——. 2018. Video 28. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. Video recording. MPEG, 00:41

 

——. 2018. Video 30. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:29

 

——. 2018. Video 33. Screen recording (iPad), 00:43

 

——. 2018. Video 34. Screen recording (iPad), 01:00

 

——. 2018. Video 35. Screen recording (iMac), 01:01

 

——. 2018. Video 37. Screen recording (iMac), 00:57

 

——. 2018. Sound of the Aurora. (Video 39). Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 02:25

 

——. 2018. Video 41. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:20

 

——. 2018. Video 51. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:07

 

——. 2018. Video 55. Video recording. MPEG, 02:14

 

——. 2018. Video 58. Video recording. MPEG, 00:30

 

——. 2018. Video 59. Screen recording (iPad), 00:52

 

——. 2018. Video 60. Video recording. MPEG, 00:17

 

——. 2018. Video 61. Video recording. MPEG, 00:57

 

——. 2018. Video 62. Screen recording (iPad), 00:40

 

——. 2018. Video 63. Screen recording (iPad), 00:36

 

——. 2018. Video 64. Screen recording (iPad), 00:19

 

——. 2018. Video 70. Video recording, MPEG, 00:37

 

——. 2018. Video 73. Screen recording (iPad), 00:21

 

——. 2018. Video 74. Screen recording (iPad), 00:19

 

——. 2018. Video 75. Screen recording (iPad), 00:28

 

——. 2018. Video 76. Screen recording (iPad), 00:20

 

——. 2018. Video 77. Screen recording (iPad), 00:17

 

——. 2018. Video 78. Screen recording (iPad), 00:55

 

——. 2018. Video 80. Screen recording (iPad), 00:29

 

——. 2018. Video 81. Screen recording (iPad), 00:32

 

——. 2018. Video 82. Screen recording (iPad), 00:48

 

——. 2018. Video 84. Screen recording (iPad), 00:26

 

——. 2018. Video 85. Screen recording (iPad), 00:46

 

——. 2018. Video 86. Produced by Fredrik Rysjedal. MPEG, 00:33

 

——. 2018. Video 88. Screen recording (iPad), 00:23

 

——. 2018. Video 89. Screen recording (iPad), 00:19

 

——. 2018. Video 90. Screen recording (iPad), 00:26

 

——. 2018. Video 92. Screen recording (iPad), 00:18

 

——. 2018. Video 93. Screen recording (iPad), 00:44

 

——. 2018. Video 94. Screen recording (iPad), 00:38

 

——. 2018. Video 95. Screen recording (iPad), 00:33

 

——. 2018. Video 96. Screen recording (iPad), 00:28

 

——. 2018. Video 97. Screen recording (iPad), 00:35

 

——. 2018. Video 98. Screen recording (iPad), 00:19

 

——. 2018. Video 100. Screen recording (iPad), 01:38

 

——. 2018. Video 102. Screen recording (iPad), 00:10

 

——. 2018. Video 103. Video recording. MPEG, 00:39

 

——. 2018. Video 104. Screen recording (iPad), 00:48

 

——. 2018. Video 106. Video recording. MPEG, 00:27

 

——. 2018. Video 107. Screen recording (iPad), 00:29

 

——. 2018. Video 110. Screen recording (iPad), 12:54

 

——. 2018. Video 113. Video recording. MPEG, 01:10

 

——. 2018. Video 114. Video recording. MPEG, 00:16

 

——. 2018. Video 115. Screen recording (iPad), 00:42

 

——. 2018. Video 116. Screen recording (iPad), 00:31

 

——. 2018. Video 119. Video recording. MPEG, 00:29

 

——. 2018. Video 123. Video recording. MPEG, 02:29

 

Salhus, Fredrik. 2016. Video 48. Video recording. MPEG, 08:46

 

Stølan, Ann-Kristin. 2015. Video 49. Video recording. MPEG, 00:31

 

——. 2015. Video 120. Video recording. MPEG, 00:16

 

——. 2015. Video 121. Video recording. MPEG, 00:51

 

Sutu (Stuart Campbell). 2015. Modern Polaxis Augmented Reality Comic – tech. demo. (Video 4). Uploaded 8 December 2015. YouTube video, 0:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4_C1DYh_O0

 

Tezuka, Osamu. 1969. The Evil Monster Bandai-no-maki (part 2), episode 4. Dororo. (Video 6). Directed by Sugii Gizaburo. Produced by Tezuka Production / Muchi Porductionn. YouTube video, 26:41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqPZe24t9DE&index=15&list=PLVzvFc4xKj3htwRH_DiNHwbqaKgHGUYlU

2018    Frozen Motions in Motion by Fredrik Rysjedal