In chapter 7 of Visual Communication Images with Messages it says “Whether an individual is identified because of gender, age, cultural heritage, economic status, sexual orientation, or phisical disability, the visual message generally communicated about that person often is misleading and false.” I think this is a questionable statement because there are several instances or [...]
Archive for February, 2008
That’s questionable #5
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Movie Cover
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
lighting and color
The Devil’s Advocate movie cover with Keanu Reeves and Al Paccino doea a good job providing a general idea of the genre of the film (Drama/thriller) while not giving away the movies story line. I think one of the main reasons for this is the lighting which can difinitly be described as [...]
That’s questionable #4
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The book states in chapter six that “Probably the most common use of images is for advertising and public relations purposes. People expect pictures used in these contexts to be exaggerated visions of reality because their visual claims are intended to persuade and provoke.” Assumptions like this give advertising a bad name. Assuming that people [...]
News Photograph
Posted in Uncategorized on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The photographer who took the following photo that I found on the New York Times website of Senators Gordon Smith of Oregon, and Orrin G. Hatch of Utah http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/washington/12cnd-fisa.html?hp , took it in a way that the focus is specifically on the two gentlemen while the rest of the photo is somewhat blurry. The distance of [...]
That’s questionable #2
Posted in Uncategorized on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In class it was stated that is should take us about an hour to complete the assignments such as blog posting,comments on other students blogs, and thats questionable. So for my that’s questionable assignment I would have to say that stating it should take on average one hour to complete the comments and blog posting is [...]
Robert Lehman collection
Posted in Uncategorized on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The following link is an El Greco painting of Christ carrying the cross the first and only noticeable lighting to me in the painting is the one coming from above the head. The lighting above the head is of key importance because Renaissance painters typically used such lighting to represent those of the divine and spiritual nature. I [...]
