Visual Rhetoric 2

1) Icebreaker and it feels so good2) Just a brief commentary on some

CRAP3) Movie Posters: Some VisRhet4) Design Task 1 Begins

Icebreaker:What was your favorite toy as a child?Mine was:

I’m going to hold my CRAP until next class, when you’ve read all the chapters.

For now, though, keep those principles in mind as we begin our exploration of visual rhetoric with something I assume you’ll all be comfortable with: movie posters.

We’re going to start doing two things to them…

1. Aristotle-style.The triangle, you’ll remember.Ethos-authority/credibilityPathos- emotionLogos-logic

2. Gunther Kress style (you’ll read him soon).To simplify him for now:What’s this poster SHOW us?

A slight shift…

We’re going to engage in your first design task. Or start, anyway. You’re going to pick a movie poster, take a photo

of your face, and stick yourself in the poster.

I will show you real-time how to do this, but first, a few examples.

For next class, read chapters 4-6 of Robin Williams’ Non-Designer’s Design Book. There’s a link to the book in Canvas for you to open.

Design Task 1 is due.

We will also discuss how we’re going to learn the software for class. It’ll be interesting.