Design Analysis #2 The article I chose to do my design analysis over is an article in the Smithsonian called “Primal Instinct” over gorillas I was initially drawn to this design because of its large visuals and images that dominated this article. This article is eight pages long and consists of mostly images, usually I do not like when articles hardly have any articles to them, however I feel like this layout presents the overwhelming number of images in a good way. This article practices appropriateness in the use of images and text. Since this is a Smithsonian article the text and images have to be presented in a very professional, but still engaging. I feel like this article does a very good job of using appropriate text, with a sans serif …show more content…
With such large and prominent images this design could easily become overwhelmed and the text could be lost. However design is balanced out through using white text on top of pictures and using over image text away from the focus of the picture. Another way this article uses balance to add to the article’s design is by balancing out the pictures with white space. This can be seen on pages fifty-six, sixty, and sixty-one where both the text and images are separated with strips of white space. This allows for the readers eyes to rest and, as in the case of page sixty and sixty-one, helps the reader separate similar images across the pages. This is why I feel like this is the design element that is strongest in the article. Without the balance this article used the reader would become overwhelmed and lost in the sea of similar images and …show more content…
This use of focus and flow keeps the reader going across the eight pages this article spans. Personally I feel like this is the weakest of the design principles mostly just because there’s so little text that focus and flow isn’t as prominent as it should be. Of course the focus and flow works well on pages sixty and sixty-one with helping guide the reader through looking at images, but personally I just wish I had been able to see what could be done with both the text and images more. Really the only place I feel like I got to see the article integrate text and images to show off focus and flow are the first three pages of the
When one actually close-reads a small segment one realizes the large amount of information that can be said about just that segment. In this case it was only four pages from Fun Home, and each page seemed to have a life of its own. Page 14 touched upon the relationship between Bruce Bechdel and his family, while page fifteen gave insights into the father-daughter relationship. Then pages 16 and 17 dealt with hidden truths and the creation of false appearances. Then there were the the literary and graphical devices: the extensive use of line, the use of gray shading, stretched panels vs. compact panels, interdependent word-picture relationships, etc. the clear illustrations and relatively simple prose made the process a bit easier, but that opinion may have been different if the process involved close-reading the whole book.
Chimpanzees make tools and use them to procure foods and for social exhibitions; they have refined hunting tactics requiring collaboration, influence and rank; they are status cognizant, calculating and capable of trickery; they can learn to use symbols and understand facets of human language including some interpersonal composition, concepts of number and numerical sequence and they are proficient in spontaneous preparation for a future state or event.
simplified art style works best, as it amplifies only the primary features of the text, unlike
Where there are weaknesses there are also strengths and mine lie within the body paragraphs. I arrange my ideas well by using quotes about my subject and explaining them.
plays a big role in the way the article is presented and what angle it
Monkey see, monkey do. Apes have always been thought to have an increased level of intelligence. Over the years, researchers have attempted to understand the degree of intelligence these primates possess. However, it is essential to understand the definition of intelligence in order to determine the amount of intelligence primates have. Intelligence is the capability of obtaining knowledge and being able to utilize it in everyday situations. There are many hypotheses that focus on the evolution of intelligence in primates that view a number of factors including brain size and modernism. Primate intelligence has been a topic of interest to many because it will allow us to further understand the close relationship between humans and primates. Additionally, we will be able to understand the difference between human and primate cognition. Some studies suggest that the human and primate brains possess many similarities. This demonstrates why primates tend to respond to stimuli in a manner that is closely related to humans. Researchers have conducted a number of studies in an effort to understand primate cognition.
...n so emotionally, readers are able to easily associate themselves with it, and this allows the message of the paper to convey itself to the audience.
Nicole Starosielski describes animation as having “the potential to depict imperceptible, indeterminate and interactive environments.” That is what made this animation so brilliant. Truthfully I have always been very fascinated by Jane Goodall and her work, but there isn’t a way, other than animation, to put the feel of what she was going through on the screen.
The text is laid out in a way that is user friendly. It has a large
Joseph Addison once said, “Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves (416).” I like this quote because it shows the importance of words and how powerful and influential they can be. Illustrations are used the same way, they hold the attention of readers, communicate content of information, and give insight of a particular event. There are eight types of illustrations: compare/contrast, personal experiences, processes, facts, quotations, case studies, examples, and statistics. My main focus, however, will be examples, facts, and quotes.
Strunk, William and White, E.B. The Elements of Style: Fourth Edition Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2000, 1979.
The text also works with the pictures throughout the story. The text is on the right page compelling the reader to turn the page to see what happens next. As Max's imagination grows so do the pictures forcing the text to the bottom of the page. The full page spreads eventually take over the entire page leaving no room for text. The pictures carry on as extensions of the story, working well to continue the story. Finally the story ends on a page of all text. A small tag line that brings closure to the story and Max's adventure. The text as well as the pictures work hand in hand to tell a complete story. Along with the various codes that were used to give depth and understanding to the story, the text positioning worked well to provide direction. Everything worked together to tell a great story.
The older format begins with the “Goings on About Town,” then abruptly moves to articles about various topics with cartoons and poems in between, seemingly crammed in wherever they could so readers wouldn’t get bored. The newer issues have seemed to fix this problem by letting the reader gloss through the magazine as if it is one long book covering various topics. The only keepsake is the random poetry boxed away in the corners of select pages. These poems do not necessarily cover the topic in the article, but it is not uncommon, especially in political articles. The general layout allows readers a small break from “serious” journalism to a bit of creative poetry or a lighthearted cartoon. As Lisa Harrison writes in a journal article, the first editor of The New Yorker had “notions of wit and clarity, about being ‘human,’ as opposed to corporate” (Harrison). Wit and clarity to signify the presence of elegance in prose and humour. Nothing is overtly stated, that would be too brash for such high class readers. This choice of focusing on the human interests through design and writing lead the magazine in its unconventional
In the Lord of the Flies William Golding has a group of schoolboys crash on an island and become barbaric. The reason why the boys turn wild is because of their primal instinct to hurt others. This behavior is inherited from early ancestors killing to
...h the message is conveyed. Potter’s juxtaposition of picture and word also rewards the reader for trusting the evidence of his or her eyes, rather than simply submitting to the authoritative voice.