Friday, October 17, 2008

VISUAL LANGUAGE: project 2, FINAL POSTERS. . . . . finally. . .

FULL RESOLUTION:

get the vote out FR


LOW RES:

get the vote out LR




My two concepts were in plain, about voting for the issues.

the first poster with the monkeys is saying that both candidates are the same- - - in that they are both fighting for what they believe in. . . while also providing the media with a healthy dose of slander on each other. so instead of voting for a candidate, vote for the issues that you most believe in.

the second poster is along the same lines as the first. not listening to what is coming out of the candidates mouths or the crappy commercials that they approve-- but actually listening to the issues and what they mean to you. . .

rhetorical tropes applied:

irony
personification
hyperbole
parody

Sunday, October 12, 2008

VISUAL LANGUAGE: project 2, part 7: semi-final POSTERS! rawk.

1.

RHETORICAL TROPES USED:
hyperbole is used through the scribbles through the mouths to emphasize the candidates not speaking--or one not listening to what come out of their mouths.
irony is used in the way that the mouths are scratched out, yet the poster is talking about speaking.
personification is displayed through the type, giving the word issues a humanistic trait in it being able to speak.




2.

RHETORICAL TROPES USED:

parody is used in the two monkeys as they are supposed to be mocking the donkey and elephant symbols.
irony is shown in terms of the candidates being portrayed as a derogatory animal instead of having the donkey / elephant symbol connotation. --the text says forget the faces, yet the monkeys are made of the faces.
personification is used through the monkeys being the candidates.

VISUAL LANGUAGE: project 2, part 6: semi-final sketches.