This document summarizes a class on visual analysis. The class objectives are to identify and analyze visual techniques, explain their effects on audiences, and justify how images relate to assessment questions. The class discusses techniques like facial expressions, body language, gaze, and color, and how they convey meanings like happiness, closeness, and cultural importance. It provides an example of analyzing an image of an Aboriginal child and granddaughter to explore the guiding question of what makes culture important.

1. Is a picture REALLY worth a thousand words?
Visual Analysis
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2. Class objectives
By the end of this class, you will be able to:
1- Identify and analyze visual techniques
2- Explain the effects of visual techniques on the
audience or reader
3- Justify how images might relate to the guiding
question you’ve chosen for the Assessment Task
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3. What can you see?
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4. What can you see?
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5. What can you see?
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6. What can you see?Facial Expression
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7. What can you see?Facial Expression
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8. What can you see?Facial Expression
Body Language
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9. What can you see?Facial Expression
Body Language
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10. What can you see?Facial Expression
Body Language
Demand Gaze
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11. What can you see?Facial Expression
Body Language
Demand Gaze
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12. What can you see?Facial Expression
Body Language
Demand Gaze
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13. What can you see?Facial Expression
Body Language
Demand Gaze
Monochromatic
Colour
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14. What’s next?
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15. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
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16. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
Happiness,
sense of security,
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17. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
Happiness,
sense of security,
Body language
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18. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
Happiness,
sense of security,
Body language Affinity, closeness
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19. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
Happiness,
sense of security,
Body language Affinity, closeness
Demand Gaze
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20. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
Happiness,
sense of security,
Body language Affinity, closeness
Demand Gaze direct connection with the audience
invitation to feel accepted and loved
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21. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
Happiness,
sense of security,
Body language Affinity, closeness
Demand Gaze direct connection with the audience
invitation to feel accepted and loved
Monochromatic
colour
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22. What’s next?
Visual techniques
identified
Effect
Facial Expression
Happiness,
sense of security,
Body language Affinity, closeness
Demand Gaze direct connection with the audience
invitation to feel accepted and loved
Monochromatic
colour
projection of an universal concept
importance of the concept of family
in the aboriginal culture
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23. What guiding questions
might this picture relate to?
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24. What guiding questions
might this picture relate to?
What makes a culture? Why do people connect to a
specific culture?
Would you define culture and race in the same
way? Why? Explain it with reference to at least 3
texts?
As communication makes the world smaller, do
cultures become unimportant or more important?
Can you think of any more?
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25. Writing
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26. Writing
Point & link to my guiding question:
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27. Writing
Point & link to my guiding question:
This image explores the idea of what makes culture
important by showing a loving family relationship
between an aboriginal child and her granddaughter
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28. Writing
Point & link to my guiding question:
This image explores the idea of what makes culture
important by showing a loving family relationship
between an aboriginal child and her granddaughter
Technique & effect#1
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29. Writing
Point & link to my guiding question:
This image explores the idea of what makes culture
important by showing a loving family relationship
between an aboriginal child and her granddaughter
Their facial expression denote the idea of happiness and
sense of security they both feel by being enjoying
each other’s company.
Technique & effect#1
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30. Writing
Point & link to my guiding question:
This image explores the idea of what makes culture
important by showing a loving family relationship
between an aboriginal child and her granddaughter
Their facial expression denote the idea of happiness and
sense of security they both feel by being enjoying
each other’s company.
Technique & effect#2
Technique & effect#1
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31. Writing
Point & link to my guiding question:
This image explores the idea of what makes culture
important by showing a loving family relationship
between an aboriginal child and her granddaughter
Their facial expression denote the idea of happiness and
sense of security they both feel by being enjoying
each other’s company.
Technique & effect#2
Their body language also shows their affinity and
closeness.
Technique & effect#1
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32. Writing (cont’d)
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33. Writing (cont’d)
Technique & effect#3
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34. Writing (cont’d)
Technique & effect#3
The demand gaze establishes a direct connection with
the audience as the granddaughter invites us to feel
accepted and loved.
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35. Writing (cont’d)
Technique & effect#3
The demand gaze establishes a direct connection with
the audience as the granddaughter invites us to feel
accepted and loved.
Technique & effect#4
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36. Writing (cont’d)
Technique & effect#3
The demand gaze establishes a direct connection with
the audience as the granddaughter invites us to feel
accepted and loved.
Technique & effect#4
Finally, the overall monochromatic colour projects/
creates the idea of an universal concept and
highlights how family is a key value in aboriginal
culture.
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37. show
portray
depict
illustrate
highlight
accentuate
Verbs to use in your analysis
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