Friday, February 5, 2010

This and that and a little bit of that with this

NOTES:

  • Semiotics: theiry of sign
  • sigh means things other than themselves
  • sighns are dependant on their meaning of context
  • sign are formed through society that created them
  • two sources of signing are natural and conventional
  • signs are composed of two elements; the signifer and the signified
  • telling the different between real and fake photgraphs

Signifier: a black eye Signified: a punch

smoke a fire

ticking a clock

how is a message transmitted

  1. presentations- face body
  2. representational- painting, photos
  3. mechanical- telephones, internet
  • what you might say might not actually be what you mean
  • non literal meaning: simile, metaphor, irony, lies, depiction
  • Things that interest us matter

Chip Kid series: what makes a good book cover

  • type treatment
  • intersting books
  • avoid literal

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