Activity 1.11: exploring visual rhetoric
Learning targets To examine PERSPECTIVE and SYMBOLIC IMAGES in print ads To explain how advertisers use composition and rhetoric to persuade viewers
shots and framing
Establishing shot: establishes setting or shows transition between locations
Long shot (aka full shot): from distance, full body; shows isolation or vulnerability
Medium shot: most common; waist up. Used to ground the story
Close up: takes up 80% of frame
Extreme close-up
Two-shot: includes 2 people equally; used for love scenes or important interaction
Camera angles
Eye level: taken from normal height; most common angle (90-95% of shots)
High angle: gives the appearance of weakness, powerlessness, being trapped
Low angle: from below; subject looks larger, stronger, more powerful; threatening