Week Five – Visual Social Semiotics Analysis – Michaela Connors

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Date of Post: 21/08/2015

Visual Social Semiotics Analysis

With visual social semiotics we can design effective communication, though different signs that stand for something other than itself. Kress and van Leeuwen (1996), have categorised this theory into three metafunctions: representational, interactive and compositional.

Week Five – Visual Social Semiotics – Group Post

Visual Social Semiotics

With visual social semiotics we can design effective communication, though different signs that stand for something other than itself. Kress and van Leeuwen (1996), have categorised this theory into three metafunctions: representational, interactive and compositional .

Week Three – Semiotics – Group Post

Semiology is the study of signs. Semiology, unlike compositional interpretation, is not heavily based on descriptive analysis and focuses more on the meaning behind the symbols present in an image or artwork. Semiology supplies us with analytical tools for taking an image apart and tracing how it works in relation to the larger meanings present in the image. This results in analytical precision when decomposing images and meanings.

Week Three – Semiotics Analysis – Michaela Connors

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Date of Post: 16/08/2015

Semiotics Analysis

Semiology is the study of signs and directs the analysis and focus on the different meanings behind symbols within an image (Rose, 2001). This allows the viewer to deconstruct an image into building blocks, that allows us to understand how it works in relation to its greater meaning.

Week Two – Compositional Interpretation and Monaco’s Theory – Michaela Connors

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Date of Post: 05/08/2015

Compositional Interpretation Analysis & Monaco’s Theory

James Monaco created a system for arranging elements and considering their order and relationships. His theory can be applied to analyse components that make up an image sequence. According to Monaco (1981), his syntax illustrates the relationship between film elements including mise-en-scene, montage editing, sound and framing.

Week Two – Compositional Interpretation Analysis – Michaela Connors

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Date of Post: 05/08/2015

Compositional Interpretation Analysis

Compositional interpretation is described as having a ‘high art’ approach when undertaking an analysis of imagery. To develop an understanding of how an image operates, the analyser must function as a visual connoisseurship when interpreting visual content and design (Rose, 2001).