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Visual Literacy Presentation Week 3 Term 3 2016.

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What is Visual Literacy? ‘The ability to construct meaning from visual images’ ( Giorgis , Johnston, Bonomo , Colbert, 1999) ‘To make or construct that meaning, the reader must use critical skills of exploration, critique and reflection’ (Lapp 1999).

Huge emphasis on learning to identify & read words & understand their meaning Literacy is not only the ability to read & write but also the ability to ‘read’ signs/symbols other than words i.e. images or gestures Learning to ‘read’ pictures/images to create meaning is a crucial communicative skill Important for children to become literate in visual language from an early age Increased opportunities to communicate in an increasingly image-saturated culture.

Visual Literacy Considerations Body Language & Facial Expression What mood is being created? What does it tell us about the character or setting? Background What colours are used? What shapes can be identified? Is there perspective?.

Lighting What is being highlighted? How does the lighting effect or create the mood? Composition Where are the objects positioned to make your eye move around the page? Focus How is focus being used? Sharp images are meant to be noticed. Blurred images indicate movement Misty or filtered images indicate memory, deep thoughts, imagination or a passing of time..

Colour - What mood is created by the use of colour?.

Social Distance. Long Distance Impersonal: as though the participant and viewer are strangers. Medium Distance Social Relationship: we are close enough to have a conversation. This may or may not be perceived as friendly. Close up Personal Relationship: we are being drawn into the story. Extreme close up Intimate relationship: we are closely involved with the participant..

The Power of Angles – this is basically the point of view ( POV). The purpose of angles is to put the reader/viewer in their place. Are you looking at the participant straight on? Are you standing above them? Are you sitting below them? High Angle Low Angle Eye Level You are looking up at the You are looking down at the Equal power & high participant. The image has power, participant. P articipant has chance for an equal h igher knowledge or status. low status or power. relationship..

Salience – the most attention grabbing part of the image presented. Size of the giant High contrast.

Reading Path – the path you take through a visual text. Moving from most salient to least salient elements..

Vectors – the line that leads your eye from one element to another. Can be visible or invisible. Can be created through gaze, pointing fingers or extended arms . Setting - very clear as we observe the participants in the foreground and background Movement - the ducks are walking forward, mother duck is looking back, our eye is drawn upwards by the buildings in the background and the hovering cockatoo Symbols – well known symbols of Sydney in Harbour Bridge & Opera House.

Framing – often a picture frame around a picture. Strongly f ramed images usually completely separate from each other. Weakly framed images elements can overlap or ‘leak’ into other frames. Framing isn’t always ‘visible’. Elements in the layout can be disconnected from each other if they are strongly framed. Connectedness can be achieved by overlapping or superimposing of images..

Gaze – where is the character looking? Is the image a ‘demand or offer?’ The gaze allows us to gain understanding of relationships, attitudes and emotions. DEMAND The subject looks out of the image at the responder – making a connection with the reader ..

Gaze – demand or offer? OFFER the subject looks away and the reader is more a detached onlooker at this point.

Modality/Credibility – how real does the image appear? Colour, light and context all contribute to the modality of an image – of how it appears. low modality graphics are the least real, such as cartoons - high modality are most real, such as photographs or realistic illustrations.

Possible scaffold for reading visual images in picture books – compare & contrast between two picture books. Visual literacy lends itself to huge differentiation opportunities through the selection of various texts suitable to engage varied learners. Students should still be offered ‘entry points’ and ‘prompts’ into the selected texts. As each text is a picture book students should not be able to recognize any ‘intentional grouping’ or text pre-selection..

the GHOST of MISS ANNABEL SPOON Aaron Blabey. Visual literacy is more than just decoding the image Anaylsing the power of the image Making meaning in a particular context or setting ( Blabey 2011).

the GHOST of MISS ANNABEL SPOON Aaron Blabey. Colour?.

Loneliness/isolation of a single figure Dress is black symbolizing death Colours are dull/dark/gloomy fitting for a ghost story Gaze of ‘demand’ staring straight at the reader Angle is at eye level – inviting a relationship with the reader A look of sadness and vulnerability inviting the reader ‘into the story’ Social distance is of medium distance – a relationship is possible. Image is of medium modality but with a strong contextual setting.

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Now part of a couple – placed in the center of the page Dress is now dark grey – similar to his suit. The colour no long symbolizing death Colours are richer but still muted – still appropriate to the context of the ghost story Gaze of ‘offer’ not looking at the reader Angle is at eye level – inviting a relationship with the reader A look of happiness inviting the reader ‘into the story’ Social distance is of medium distance – a relationship is possible. Image is of medium modality but with a strong contextual setting.

Multimodal Texts – a text may be defined as multimodal when it combines two or semiotic systems. There are five semiotic systems in total; Linguistic (vocabulary, grammar of oral and written language) Visual (colour, vectors, viewpoint in still and moving images) Audio (volume, pitch, rhythm of music and sound effects) Gestural (movement, speed, stillness in facial expression and body language) Spatial ( proximinty , direction, position of layout and organization of objects in space.