Flip Book: Jack and the Beanstalk

In the story Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack's family's only source of income is their cow's milk, so when the cow no longer gives milk, Jack has to sell it. In exchange for the cow Jack does not take money, but magic beans, which are thrown out the window when his mother sees them. Overnight the beans grow into a magnificently large beanstalk and when Jack climbs it he finds a castle with gold coins. The giant smells Jack and yells "Fee Fi Fo Fum!" so Jack flees, but before he does so he grabs a bag of gold coins. After this excursion, Jack decides to return twice more and he takes a goose that lays golden eggs and a harp that plays by itself. The giant is furious and begins to climb down the beanstalk, but before he reaches the bottom, Jack successfully cuts it down, leaving him with his riches and the giant dead.

In my flip book, I decided to stick very closely to the story and I used imagery that would depict what part of the story was taking place. I steered clear from drawing Jack and the giant because I'm not the best at drawing people, but for the giant, I used speech bubbles to symbolize his presence. As for Jack, I just drew images as they would appear if he were there, but without him actually being drawn in, such as the goose and harp floating down the beanstalk instead of Jack carrying them down. For the first part of the story, I drew the cow with a price tag that turned into the beans to represent the transaction of the cow. Then, the beans flew out of the window and the most fun part to draw in the flip book came next: the growth of the beanstalk, with the castle at the end in the sky. I added my own flair to the reveal of the treasures in the castle by zooming in all the way to the key slot in the door handle. I also kept using the beanstalk itself (going up and down it) to reference the source of the things that Jack takes. The speech bubble for the giant got bigger as he got closer, insinuating danger, and it got smaller as he got further away when the beanstalk was cut down, and it eventually disappeared when he died. All that is left when the beanstalk is cut down are the harp, goose, and gold, all of which are in Jack's possession, making him far better off than what he had in the very first image: a cow.