Helpful Resources for Close Reading and Deconstruction from The New Mexico Media Literacy Project (http://www.nmmlp.org): What is deconstruction? Every media message has been constructed by someone. You can deconstruct media messages by examining them closely and carefully‚ looking beneath the surface to understand their deeper meanings. A magazine ad‚ for example‚ may consist of a photograph‚ a few words‚ and a logo. This is the surface‚ or the text of the message. Meaning is created when we
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Media Text Analysis To view the analysed image go to: http://lananie15.9online.fr/publicite/images/ck%20one_JPG.jpg By simply glancing at the advertisement it is clear that this is "selling" its viewers something far greater than just a (mere) cologne. The half-naked characters‚ the simple tones‚ the character relationship‚ the bottle‚ the text‚ the embrace‚ their expressions‚ are all reproducing‚ and thus‚ representing something imagined‚ perceived‚ sensed‚ or felt in some physical
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During the Edo period‚ there was a rise in well known art form of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e which means ‘images from the floating world’ would often depict numerous subjects‚ ranging from images of from everyday life and nature‚ courtesans‚ kabuki theatre performers‚ to scenes in popular stories or plays. There is a sub genre of ukiyo-e prints with a more ambiguous history‚ known as Shunga. Shunga means ‘spring pictures’ and carries a more explicitly erotic nature of the technique. Aside
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ISU Verbal Visual Essay! Theme: Escape to freedom “Perhaps it was true. Maybe Allah lived only in my land‚ with the homelanders. Maybe he didn’t live on the toubabu’s ship or in the toubabu’s land. I said nothing.” (Page 86) Aminata was eleven years old at the time. She was stuck on the ship with now where to go. Captured by the toubabu‚ she felt that she would never escape to freedom. She felt very desperate‚ to the point where she started to disbelieve in her lord‚ the almighty god that
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Anonymous student Instructor Name English 102 13 January 2008 Abortion: A Tale of Two Toons To sway opinions or target certain audiences‚ authors often use written humor as a means to convey their argument. Artists and designers behind visual statements such as magazine advertisements or posters frequently use the same method. Political cartoons are a popular way of expressing opinions about current events and dissatisfaction with governing officials. The ever growing abortion debate is
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“Migrant Mother”- A Picture Worth a Thousand of wordsDorothea Lange’s photograph‚ known as Migrant Mother‚ was taken in 1936 during the great depression era which emphasizes a woman‚ Florence Leona Christie. She holds a baby in her lap as her other two youngsters group around her. The mother ’s face is the core of the picture. Her fingertips are simply touching her face as she is thinking of something. The youngsters settle close to their mother and lean their heads on her shoulder and back yet there
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“IMPACT OF VISUAL MERCHANDISING ON CUSTOMER FOOTFALL & THEIR BUYING BEHAVIOR IN BHARTI RETAIL LTD. (EASY DAY MARKET)” Summer project submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Recognized by AICTE‚ Ministry of HRD‚ Govt. of India) By Varun S Nath PG 09 116 INMANTEC Integrated Academy
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Using Photographs from the web The benefit of having so many visuals today is unbelievable. Since we have so visuals today it makes it easier to communicate with people. We are able to communicate with people without using any words‚ just using visuals. The new technology and resources like face book‚ YouTube‚ and motion pictures. With this type of technology it makes it easier to communicate without using words. It also expands your communication because now you’re
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Some part of me doesn’t want to draw or think about Auschwitz. I can’t visualize it clearly‚ and I can’t BEGIN to imagine what it felt like” (Spiegelman II‚ 46:1). Perhaps Spiegelman uses iconography as a solution to this problem. By making the visual elements of the story and the characters less detailed‚ Spiegelman takes an objective approach to the haunting experience. As Art walks home from his appointment with Pavel‚ he begins to brainstorm his project again‚ no longer distracted by his guilt
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VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (Including Blindness) I. DEFINITION "Visual impairment including blindness" means an impairment in vision that‚ even with correction‚ adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness. This impairment refers to abnormality of the eyes‚ the optic nerve or the visual center for the brain resulting in decreased visual acuity. Students with visual impairments are identified as those with a corrected visual acuity of 20/70
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