Unit 6 Final Images and Justification

10 Composition Tips and Gestalt

My audience would be anyone interested in farming. My purpose is to inform my audience about our family experience as farmers.

I changed a few of my photos from my original draft. I did not think the contrast and framing examples I had were very good, so I went out and took two photos that would be more representative of those two composition tips. It was fun to actually go out and perform the tips! I also enjoyed this assignment because my husband and children were involved and represented through a farm theme. It was a great way to end the class.

As I stated in my last slide, I believe that this collection of photos captures gestalt. Because these photos have a theme, the pictures alone represent a specific event (part), but all the photos together give the audience the big picture of what it is like to farm (160). I also think because the images create a theme it gives the audience closure (162). The numbering of the 10 composition tips helps the audience follow the sequence of the photos/slides (162). My partner, Chatchada, suggested that I change the slides so that they all looked the same. I was using different templates throughout the presentation. Because of this change, I think that the repetition helps create similarity (162). Good idea Chatchada!

Some of the tools and actions used were color, contrast and repetition. I mentioned above how I changed the slide formats so that they would all appear the same and reinforce repetition. I also used lots of greens and yellows (John Deere colors!) which showed color contrast as well (178).

Overall, this was one of my favorite projects because I was able to share a side of myself that a lot of people are unaware of. Fun!=)

Thanks for a great class!

Unit 6 Original Images

10 Composition Tips and Gestalt

Hi Chatchada! Here are my farm pictures. I am still looking for better pictures for contrast and framing. Let me know what you think!=)

Unit 5 Final Image and Justification

I emailed the image.

I was going to create an image about the 5 stages of the Writing Process, but that's all been done before. What my student's really struggle with is the difference between the Revising Stage and the Editing Stage. My original image became more of a document and didn't really serve the purpose I was shooting for. I deleted all the text in the text boxes and started over. I used a Writer's Inc. book for guidance. I wanted more of on introductory piece than what I had before.

The following are the techniques I used to show organization. Of course, as you can tell, I organized the text boxes for left to right and from top to bottom (121). The titles of the boxes are the top levels, the initial left justified details are the subordinate levels and the bullets (the check marks and the arrows) are the coordinate levels (122 and 133). I tried to show the difference in the top levels by using contrasting colors and bold text (133). I used chunking by provided space in between the subordinate levels, and I didn't use more than 7 chunks of information (125-126). I used two columns to show the differences between the two stages of the writing process (136-137). I added a little piece of clip art to help decorate with, and I chose one that had the same colors as my 2 text boxes.

After showing this to the students I would facilitate a generative strategy and have them summarize the differences, either through writing, a Venn Diagram or a Mind Map (148 and 152).

I'm still not satisfied with this project, but I believe it is an improvement from my original. I don’t know if this is really considered an image/visual; it has a lot of text and information. Am I wrong? Maybe it felt different because I created it in Word and not PowerPoint or Adobe.