DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMMUNICATION
• Using words
• Music or sound
• Touch
• Visual
VISUAL COMMUNICATION
• A visual language is a system of
communication using visual elements
• But, what is a visual element?
• There are different kinds of visual elements:
maps, symbols, signs, signals ,logos, gesture,
images, drawings, photography,…..
PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF IMAGES
Informative images describe
objects, maps or graphics
Communicative images tell
people about a product.
Expressive images communicate
feelings, emotions and personal
beliefs
Aesthetic images focus on
beauty
VISUAL PERCEPTION OR SIGHT
• Is the capture of stimuli through our eyes and
nervous system. We receive light impulses
with our eyes which are transformed into
images in our brain.
• Thanks to visual
images, we can
understand a variety
of messages and
information
PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
• The members of the Gestalt psychology school
in Germany created a series of principles on
how human perception is organised to help us
to understand it better.
1-Relationship between figure and background.
2-Law of good form
3-Continuation law
4-Proximity law
5- Similarity law
1-Relationship between figure and
background
The principle says
that we can not
visualise the figure
and background at
the same time. In
the process of
perception, we
usually focus on the
figure before
looking at the
background
2-Law of good form
• The process of perception always looks for
the simplest or most consistent form of
organisation.
Imágenes de distorsion y efectos
opticos
3-Continuation law
• Takes place when several visual elements are
placed in a specific direction, so that direction
is perceived clearly as a unit.
4-Proximity law
• It happens when several visual elements are
placed so close to each other that it is
percived as one group.
5- Similarity law
• When the several elements in an image are
similar or the same, visual perceptions makes
groups attending to their resemblance.
OPTICAL ILUSION
IMAGES
• An image is the
visible
appearance of
a person,
object or thing,
represented by
an expressive
form of art
ICONICITY AND ABSTRACTION
• The iconicity of an image means how similar
the image is to the object represented.
• Abstraction represents something in a
different way to reality.
DIFFERENT KIND OF IMAGES
• Still images. Photographs, painting, drawings,…
• Moving images. Television, film, digital
animation, multimedia
• Artistic (Realistic, abstact, surrealitistic,
symbolic,…
• Graphic desing. Logos, signals,….
• Digital images. Creates on a computer
• Publicity and advertising
Still images:
comics
Photograph
Photography
Moving
images
Artistcic images: surrealistic images
Realistic painting
Abstract painting
Fantasy images
Visual trick
Graphic desing: signals
signs or symbols
peace symbol
Digital images
Publicity and Advertising
• Advertising seeks to communicate a message
to a large number of people using the mass
media (press, tv,….)
• Advertising is a message to persuade
consumers and users to demand a particular
product or service
MASS MEDIA
• Advanced industrial societies have developed
means of communication. Internet, TV, radio,
magazines,..
• Many advertisements are made by using
sound (audio) and image (visual).Spots
• Others only with images and text (graphic or
photography)
Advertisements
• Are messages used to inform, influence or
convince.
• The information is manipulated to call the
attention of the consumer
• Not all information is true
Difference between an artistic image and a
publicity image
PREVENTION CAMPAIGN
AGAINTS VIOLENCE OR ABUSE

Tema 1

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    DIFFERENT KINDS OFCOMMUNICATION • Using words • Music or sound • Touch • Visual
  • 2.
    VISUAL COMMUNICATION • Avisual language is a system of communication using visual elements • But, what is a visual element? • There are different kinds of visual elements: maps, symbols, signs, signals ,logos, gesture, images, drawings, photography,…..
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    PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONOF IMAGES Informative images describe objects, maps or graphics Communicative images tell people about a product. Expressive images communicate feelings, emotions and personal beliefs Aesthetic images focus on beauty
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    VISUAL PERCEPTION ORSIGHT • Is the capture of stimuli through our eyes and nervous system. We receive light impulses with our eyes which are transformed into images in our brain. • Thanks to visual images, we can understand a variety of messages and information
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    PRINCIPLES OF VISUALPERCEPTION • The members of the Gestalt psychology school in Germany created a series of principles on how human perception is organised to help us to understand it better. 1-Relationship between figure and background. 2-Law of good form 3-Continuation law 4-Proximity law 5- Similarity law
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    1-Relationship between figureand background The principle says that we can not visualise the figure and background at the same time. In the process of perception, we usually focus on the figure before looking at the background
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    2-Law of goodform • The process of perception always looks for the simplest or most consistent form of organisation.
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    Imágenes de distorsiony efectos opticos
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    3-Continuation law • Takesplace when several visual elements are placed in a specific direction, so that direction is perceived clearly as a unit.
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    4-Proximity law • Ithappens when several visual elements are placed so close to each other that it is percived as one group.
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    5- Similarity law •When the several elements in an image are similar or the same, visual perceptions makes groups attending to their resemblance.
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    IMAGES • An imageis the visible appearance of a person, object or thing, represented by an expressive form of art
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    ICONICITY AND ABSTRACTION •The iconicity of an image means how similar the image is to the object represented. • Abstraction represents something in a different way to reality.
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    DIFFERENT KIND OFIMAGES • Still images. Photographs, painting, drawings,… • Moving images. Television, film, digital animation, multimedia • Artistic (Realistic, abstact, surrealitistic, symbolic,… • Graphic desing. Logos, signals,…. • Digital images. Creates on a computer • Publicity and advertising
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    Publicity and Advertising •Advertising seeks to communicate a message to a large number of people using the mass media (press, tv,….) • Advertising is a message to persuade consumers and users to demand a particular product or service
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    MASS MEDIA • Advancedindustrial societies have developed means of communication. Internet, TV, radio, magazines,.. • Many advertisements are made by using sound (audio) and image (visual).Spots • Others only with images and text (graphic or photography)
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    Advertisements • Are messagesused to inform, influence or convince. • The information is manipulated to call the attention of the consumer • Not all information is true
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    Difference between anartistic image and a publicity image
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