Tuesday, December 14, 2010

week 15 hw

I have to say that for me was very difficult to fin an image that had all three levels in digital animation.

Representational

The representational part is well defined since we can see every single character in the picture.
They all have their own individual identity and take center stage in the image, it is very difficult to not look at these characters they are he most conspicuous part of the picture, they are the first thing the viewer looks at.
The representation of the characters although not accurate or real, help to create a better composition and understanding of image itself.

Abstraction

We can see that although the characters are representational, we can also say that they denote abstraction since these are characters that don't really exist in real life.
The abstraction of the characters also makes them a little more entertaining because they are different than real life people and they are charming and fun to look at.

Symbolism
For the symbolism part we can see here is the obvious letter that describe the name of the movie, they are are in the middle of the picture so the viewer can identify the name of this particular movie. the writing describes the name and date, so that the viewer identifies that name with the characters of this film.



Tuesday, December 7, 2010

week 14 homework

ABSTRACTION
in this picture we can see the abstraction of the tree-like pillars are helping the structure of the building to remain standing. the designer wanted to denote the strength and support that trees have. he used the tree representation to build all the support for the building. the branches of the pillar spread on the ceiling giving the inside of the structure a forrest-like look. for the viewers is easy to see the intention of the designers since the shapes of the trees and pillars have a very armonious fusion.
Symbolism
A gender symbol is a symbol used to denote the sex of life form or gender of a human being. The two standard gender symbols denoting male and female are derived from astrological symbols denoting the classical planets of Mars and Venus respectively. These symbols have been in use since the Renissance, also denoting elements in alchemy specifically the metals iron and copper. in this example we see that the two symbols are intertwined together. th connection that there is between men and women, the designer wanted to denote the connection there is among both sexes. the symbols on the design do not need any tittle since they are broadly known and used.



REPRESENTATION
this is the picture of a olympic stadium in China, the designer wanted the viewer to relate the buliding to a real bird's nest. although we know this is not a real bird's nest the viewer can see the resemblance due to the amount of detail in the construction of the building making it look very realistic specially from far away. the shape, the twigs surrounding the structure, the hole in the middle, are well defined ,giving the structure a clear message of what the designer intended to do for the viewer. the designer built a bird's nest, and that is what the viewer sees.