Introduction
-Intro
-semiotics
-denotation & connotation
-light & the mechanics of vision
-the basic visual elements
-montage & Mise-en-Scene
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line
shape: In visual media shapes can be made in a number of ways. They may be defined as the outlines of objects, or they may be composed from parts of different adjacent objects; they can exist as gaps, or negative shapes between the objects.
Direction: line direction can add to meaning
Texture: If someone were asked to define texture, they might reply, ". . .the feel of an object's surface."
Hue: color
Saturation: amount of gray in color
Value: light & dark
Scale: Manipulating scale changes how we see things. Ex. Perspective
Dimension:
two-dimensional representation (drawing, painting, photograph, etc.)
three-dimensional (objects in our physical world)
3D on the computer, such as in the example below uses perspective, lighting,
and shade to create the illusion of three-dimensions.
Motion:
