Scott McCloud reading

As someone who has not read comics or thought about them at all really, I was surprised to find some valid and interesting points made by McCloud about the structured control comics have over the viewers interpretation. I had never realize how "trained" our eyes are in regards to reading both images and words from left to right. McCloud addressed this in the idea that the reader is rarely given choice in the matter, due to the comics almost rigid classical structure. I find this idea of "leading" the viewer, or forcing them to interpret information not a negative thing, but instead a valuable tool in my role as a communicator of ideas. I think this will play an important part in all image making, but especially the stop motion project since stop motion projects are essentially "comic" like in that they are static pictures given movement through small increments of change.