RLG211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Visual Literacy, Topic Sentence, Intertextuality
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Rlg211 lecture 6 - religion at the movies. Citing the comic book - author and page number. Basis of essay = analyzing the images (a single pane for half a paragraph) How images convey meaning - visual literacy. Topic sentence should show how much your talking about plot summary - plot summary should be kept to very very minimal. Visual literacy = ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning of information presented in the form of image. Extends meaning of literacy which only indicates the ability to read writing. Based on idea that pictures can read. We"re always surrounded by images but we aren"t always aware of them as we should be. Lighting - where the light is hitting. Color - black and white, different tones, etc. Can involve considering relationship of image to other images. Composition - balance and centrality of how kamala is placed. Color - vibrant colors, kamala"s brown hair vs ms marvels blonde hair.
