December 04, 2012

Media Literacy
Constructing and Deconstructing Posters

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Set on a white background a navy ocer stands in a condent yet relaxed stance, showing from the mid thighs up. The ocer wears a navy blue tted, double breasted jacket with silver buttons. Fitting over a white popped collier shirt. As the ocer stands, their weight is bared on their left foot with arms relaxed and slightly bent to t casually into their jacket pockets. On the left sleeve the ocer displays red and navy strips. The ocer wears an admiral hat, with a gold and navy symbol covering short, dark blonde wind whipped hair . With face turned slightly to the left the ocer displays a sharp jaw line, with smouldering eyes. In the top right corner the poster displays the words I want you in bold upper case, blood red letters. The words want and you are double underlined. The phrase is nished with the words for the navy in the same font in the bottom left corner.

Draw what you hear

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What Did You Draw?

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Is this anything like what you had in mind?

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Today's Goals - Think Critically

Critically 1. Inclined to judge severely. 2. Characterized by careful, exact evaluation and judgment

- Gather ideas about how you will construct your own poster for your Action Plan

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Let's Compare

Why did you construct your image the way you did and not in the way the actual image was constructed? Are there any experiences or outside inuences?

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How many of you drew a Male officer?

Why did we automatically assume male?????

Male Ocer

Set on a white background a navy ocer stands in a condent yet relaxed stance, showing from the mid thighs up. The ocer wears a navy blue tted, double breasted jacket with silver buttons. Fitting over a white popped collier shirt. As the ocer stands, their weight is bared on their left foot with arms relaxed and slightly bent to t casually into their jacket pockets. On the left sleeve the ocer displays red and navy strips. The ocer wears an admiral hat, with a gold and navy symbol covering short, dark blonde wind whipped hair . With face turned slightly to the left the ocer displays a sharp jaw line, with smouldering eyes. In the top right corner the poster displays the words I want you in bold upper case, blood red letters. The words want and you are double underlined. The phrase is nished with the words for the navy in the same font in the bottom left corner.

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What About Race?

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What can be said about the women being portrayed?

Propaganda Consider Purpose (Why was this poster created?)

Why was a female used for this poster? And why presented in the way she is?

Is this poster familiar???

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Let's Compare

Pull

Luring
"I would like you to join"

Authoritative
"You have to join"

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Characteristics of Poster or Visual Image # 1 Positioning

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# 2 Colour Saturation

Color saturation refers to how vivid and intense a color is. For example: poor colour saturation will look washed out or faded.

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# 3 Style

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# 4 Vectors
It refers to the angling of objects within a composition which leads the eye from one element to another within a

Taking your eyes for a walk...... What What do path your eyes does it see 1st, 2nd, follow? 3rd?

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# 5 Gaze Effect

As the living subject looks out of the image to the viewer they demand a relationship with the viewer.

She clearly is trying to connect to you as the viewer.

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Activity 1. Groups of 3-4 2. Given an image to deconstruct 3. Critically Analyze the image * Consider 5 characteristics of a poster image (positioning, colour saturation, style, vectors, gaze effect) 4. Construct Concept Map with your ideas 5. **Each student in a group must contribute. Each will have a different coloured marker to write with 6. After you will present your mental maps

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Today's Goals - Think Critically - Gather ideas about how you will construct your own poster for your Action Plan

Achieved ??