Transcript of Visual Literacy Looking at and interpreting images on their own or along with text.
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- Visual Literacy Looking at and interpreting images on their own
or along with text.
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- Questions to ask when looking at visuals / images What am I
looking at? What does this image mean to me? If there is text with
this image, what is the relationship between the image and the
displayed text? How is this message effective? What inferences can
I make based on the feeling of the image? What are some
visual/verbal relationships I can use?
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- What to look for Colour (ex. ANGER vs. Sadness) (also,
photographs in colour sometimes helps the viewer to imagine being
there or seeing it with their own eyes) Tone (black and white can
be nostalgic to make the reader feel as though the image is from
the past or that it is a memory of some kind.) Contrast (black
against white, bright against dark, to create emphasis ; to focus
on something) Literal mood (like a person smiling or someone
crying, an image of a disaster or event; literal mood in subject
matter) Implied mood (body language rather than facial expressions,
mood created from light or darkness, weather, symbolism)
Composition How is the image laid out? Is it balanced? Is it
symmetrical? Does it guide your eye in a certain direction? Visual
Clues Look closely,does the image tell a story? Are there subtle
details that need to be considered? Think outside the box and make
inferences based on what you see.
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- What to look for Focal Point what your eye is drawn to, the
main element in a composition, it is the main idea of interest.
Foreground - What the viewer can see closest in a picture.
Background The furthest thing away in the visual.
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- Why is the composition laid out this way, with a lot of
negative space, but the focus is on the people?
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- Literal mood- emotion. Look at his hair and the state of his
clothing. How do these visual clues help to inform the
audience?
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- Same subject, very different moods WHY?
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- Why did the artist choose this angle ?
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