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What are sound effects
What are zap, pow, splat, plop, thwip, zoom, crack, examples of?
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What is subject Matter
When you ask yourself, "What is the action or plot of the artwork?" What element of the artwork are you examining?
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What are:
observations are things (ideally techniques) that you notice about an artist/writer/filmmaker's work inference is coming to a conclusion about what those observations mean
Observations and inferences are....
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What is framing
This cinematic technique includes long shots (image filmed from some distance).
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What is two or more
In general, this is how many pieces of evidence should you have in an analysis paragraph
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see board
Draw a comic panel with a caption and speech balloon
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vertical and horizontal lines create a sense of order and stability
lines curved and rounded create a sense of softness and comfort a lot of diagonals create dramatic tension and movement apparently random and chaotic lines create a disordered effect
Composition: An artist's use of different types of lines in their work tells readers what about the work?
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this shows
this means through this this example
These are phrases you should avoid when connecting observations to inferences.
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What is diagetic sound
These sounds can logically be heard by characters within the film environment.
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What are:
The Author's Name The Title of the Work Thesis Statement
These are the elements that must be present in every lit. analysis essay introduction
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What is an inset panel?
This is when one panel is inside another panel
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What is create a mood or atmosphere, it can create a particular feeling or emotion, and among other things, it can help an artist to focus the viewer’s attention on a key element.
Tone: How does an author's use of light or dark colors contribute to the viewer's understanding of the work?
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Contradict
Connotation Represents Conflict Implies Indicates Appeals Compared Emphasizes Creates Demonstrates Symbolizes Signifies Illustrates Prepares Dramatizes Outlines Points out Differentiates Designs Generates Distinguishes Utilizes Characterize
Two examples of strong linking verbs to connect observations and inferences.
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What is making the character seem larger than life, powerful, an authority, heroic, dominating etc.
This is the potential effect of a low angle shot of a character.
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What are a rephrase/restatement of thesis and "So What" element
These two things should be in an essay conclusion.
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see board
Draw an example of one way to show motion in a comic
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What is:
Where are you in relation to the subject in the artwork? Are you above or below the subject? Is it a realistic view of the subject? Are you in the realm of imaginative space? Are there multiple perspectives of the subject (Picasso’s cubism,
Space: What are two questions you should ask yourself when examining the perspective used in an image?
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What is NO
Because it doesn't tell us what the viewer now understands about the way the bedroom looked felt etc. It's TOO VAGUE.
Is this an example of a strong inference? Why or why not?
"The vivid description of the bedroom helps viewers understand the setting more clearly." |
What are
Cut: Fade: Dissolve: Parallel editing/cross cutting: Eye-line match:
These are the five techniques used in editing
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What is to introduce the focus of the paragraph and to connect back to your thesis.
This is the function of a topic sentence
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borderless panel = timeless space
sequence of same size panels = time passing at a consistent pace number of panels = amount of time passed
Name two ways that panels and/or gutters help readers understand the passage of time
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Possible Responses:
Black and White is historically connected with the idea of "truth" Black and white is also associated with documenting real life, as seen historically in photography Black and White creates a visual contrast between good and bad etc.
Color: Why would Marjane Satrapi make the artistic choice to create her comic memoir only in black and white? (AKA what is the effect of her limited color palette)?
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She feels like her identity is split between being a traditional Muslim, connected to her spirituality and being a westernized scientific thinker.
What is an inference you could make about Marji based on the following image?
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eye-line match=person looking, cut to what is seen, return to person’s reaction
Let's the audience identify with the character's emotions and understand their emotional state throughout the progress of a scene based on the changed in their facial express
This is the effect of eye-line match in a scene
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She uses a strong link: emphasizes
She mentions the device/technique used by the writer: visual imagery She discusses how the device helps reveal a literary element: conflict She is specific and detailed in her ideas.
Why is this an example of strong analysis: She is “caught in the crossfire between camps/…not knowing which side to turn to, run from” (4-6).
The use of visual imagery to evoke a battlefield situation emphasizes the conflict and tension felt by those who |
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