Final Flashcards
(56 cards)
quality of image that communicates emotions, culturally bound
color
images in your memory
mental images
images you see directly (ex: notes during lecture)
direct images
images that are representations of the direct experience and are communicated through technology
mediated images
quality of image that shows shape
form
the simplest form of images
dot
shape formed by putting dots very close together
line
parallelograms, circles, and triangles
shape
the most dynamic shape
triangle
quality of images we perceive because we have two eyes slightly set apart
-can be detected through space, size, color, lighting
depth
occurs when you are actually watching objects move (ex: you see a person walking)
real movement
occurs when a stationary object appears to move and your eyes perceive movement that doesn’t exist (ex: flip books)
apparent movement
the motion of eyes as they follow an image
graphic movement
motion that a viewer perceives in a still, single image without moving the object, image, or eye
implied movement
Rick Williams’ two basic steps to analyzing a visual message
inventory the image and omniphasism
analyze composition (What’s in the center, the edges, shadows, lines, lighting, etc)
inventory
Rick Williams’ theory of analyzing the historical, technical, ethical, cultural, and critical aspects of images
omniphasism
guidelines for moral behavior
ethics
“right is right, wrong is wrong” point of view
categorical imperative
point of view used by editors to justify the publication of disturbing photographs
-the greatest good for the greatest number of people
utilitarianism
pleasure for pleasure’s sake, selecting images for aesthetic qualities
hedonism
middle ground between two extreme points of view
golden mean
treat others as you would want to be treated
golden rule
imagining yourself in a similar situation before publishing an image
-asking questions like : Were rights violated? Does the images cause unjustified harm?
veil of ignorance