This course material belongs to the students of FLT211 (CUB).

2. Source

3. Visual
Metaphor
• The ability of image to convey a
meaning in addition to their
straightforward reality.
• “reading between the line”
visually= look for or discover a
meaning that is implied rather
than explicitly stated.
• 5 Common Figures of Speech
Explained
• https://www.thoughtco.com/visual-
metaphor-1692595

4. • In some films, things are simply what they are.
• In others, Many images carry an implied meaning that can be a
very power full storytelling tool.
Visual Metaphor

5. • means an object kept as a
reminder of a person or event.Memento

6. Directed by Christopher Nolan
Cinematography Wally Pfister

8. https://youtu.be/6pFrZ-91lFg
https://youtu.be/67e_jl4flpE
https://youtu.be/zbbZ2zTBR_g

9. Stanly Kubrick
1928 – 1999
American film director
Screenwriter
producer
photographer
OrsonWelles
1915 – 1985
American actor
Director
Writer
producer
Akira Kurusawa
1910 –1998
Japanese film director
screenwriter
Nothing in the
frame is accidental

12. • tell the whole story in A single frame
(without dialog or subtitles)
• employ every aspects of visual language
to tell the story of the painting
• layer it with subtext, symbolism and
emotional content
A
painter
must-

14. • CaravaggioArtist
• 1599–1600Year
• Oil on canvasMedium
• 322 cm × 340 cm (127 in × 130 in)Dimensions
• San Luigi dei Francesi, RomeLocation

15. Story of Saint Mathew| English|
Stories of Saints
• https://youtu.be/RbPecmTJ-k8
Caravaggio, 'The Calling of St.
Matthew'
• https://youtu.be/t5AWuwoicfY
The Calling of Saint Matthew

16. Newton said,
•“what we know is a drop, what we
don’t know is an ocean”

17. The Calling of Saint Matthew

18. Without light the
painting would lose
• its magic
• its power to make us
aware of the divine
presence The Calling of Saint Matthew

19. The Calling of Saint Matthew

20. The Calling of Saint Matthew

21. • relating to or denoting a
style of European
architecture, music,
and art of the 17th and
18th centuries that is
characterized by ornate
detail.
• Caravaggio and
Rubens are important
baroque artists.
Baroque
Painting

22. “The Massacre of the Innocents,” ca. 1610

23. The Fall of Man
Baroque
Painting
Peter Paul
Rubens
1577 -1640

24. The Calling of Saint Matthew
an inn or public house.

25. The Calling of Saint Matthew

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