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Assignment 9:
Collage of _________ Iconography
Set: Tues Jan 28
Due: today!
Identify ‘things’ in a western
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•

Dusty lonely roads
Saloons
Cowboys = hats, chaps, spurs,
Masculine men
Horses & saddles
Jails
Sherrifs
Guns
‘shoot off’ between baddie and goodie –
long/mid/close up…..sharing at
eachother…..tension!....dust bunny….
Iconography means…
• What do you think?

• Iconography is used in film to describe the visual language in films,
focused on genre.
• It’s a simple form to analyse (deconstruct / break down) the aspects
of genre before we even know what things mean.
• It’s the symbolic meaning we attach to images, the connotation
• We expect to see certain objects on screen with certain genres,
they are similar to conventions and are like ‘genre indicators’
Ingredients in your collage:
•
•
•
•
•

Setting & staging
Plot/narrative (and/or themes and content)
Key scenes – what happens?
Character types
Character MES (costume/props/make up/body language/facial
expression)
• Celebrity/actors associated with genre?
• Distinctive camera shots/angles/movement
• Optional: music/sounds (no visuals – just words)

• Can have stills from films in your genre, but doesn’t have to be JUST
that.
Steps
•
•
•
•
•

1. Who is doing what?
2. find and save images (jpgs)
3. make into 1 full collage (electronic)
4. save this collage as a JPEG
5. in word, type bullet points which summarize your
findings (could be a chart of each ‘ingredient
description)
• 6. Blog
– title: College of ________ iconography
– Picture: attach collage (jpeg)
– Text: copy and paste the bullet points from word
Examples…..
Btw – not all ‘good’!
Assignment 9   iconography collage
Assignment 9   iconography collage
Assignment 9   iconography collage
•

http://megi-asmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/iconography-collage.html

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Assignment 9 iconography collage

  • 1. Assignment 9: Collage of _________ Iconography Set: Tues Jan 28 Due: today!
  • 2. Identify ‘things’ in a western • • • • • • • • • Dusty lonely roads Saloons Cowboys = hats, chaps, spurs, Masculine men Horses & saddles Jails Sherrifs Guns ‘shoot off’ between baddie and goodie – long/mid/close up…..sharing at eachother…..tension!....dust bunny….
  • 3. Iconography means… • What do you think? • Iconography is used in film to describe the visual language in films, focused on genre. • It’s a simple form to analyse (deconstruct / break down) the aspects of genre before we even know what things mean. • It’s the symbolic meaning we attach to images, the connotation • We expect to see certain objects on screen with certain genres, they are similar to conventions and are like ‘genre indicators’
  • 4. Ingredients in your collage: • • • • • Setting & staging Plot/narrative (and/or themes and content) Key scenes – what happens? Character types Character MES (costume/props/make up/body language/facial expression) • Celebrity/actors associated with genre? • Distinctive camera shots/angles/movement • Optional: music/sounds (no visuals – just words) • Can have stills from films in your genre, but doesn’t have to be JUST that.
  • 5. Steps • • • • • 1. Who is doing what? 2. find and save images (jpgs) 3. make into 1 full collage (electronic) 4. save this collage as a JPEG 5. in word, type bullet points which summarize your findings (could be a chart of each ‘ingredient description) • 6. Blog – title: College of ________ iconography – Picture: attach collage (jpeg) – Text: copy and paste the bullet points from word
  • 6. Examples….. Btw – not all ‘good’!