Links to rhetorical tools:

Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:

Schemes & Tropes -- Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca -- Fallacies -- Burke -- Rhetorical Toolbox -- Conspiracy Rhetorics

Friday, January 27, 2017

Two Bytes Are Better Than One


high contrast
Bright lights and dark shadows.
The image is in high contrast grayscale likely for the sake of catching the eye as well as being cheaper to print.
geometric
An illusion of depth and space.
There is a definite illusion of depth, with the white “halo” around the focal subjects making them appear to pop out from the background.
balanced
The image is symmetrical and stable.
The image has a strong sense of symmetry that draws the eye to the middle.
full
The frame is dense with figures.
The frame is mostly full, though there is some blank space around the edges that creates a framing effect.
focalizers
Are figures or colors or spaces used to pull the eye across the image?
The high contrast is used to draw the eye to the middle of the image towards the man’s shirt and the name of the product (which is the brightest part of the image with the darkest text in the middle of it).
eye-level
Are we even with them?
The subjects are at eye level.
medium shots
Is the subject people in interaction (Are they about waist up?)
It is a medium shot with most of the focus being on the man and women and their actions.
Qualities of the text

The text is a bold sans-serif with very thick strokes. The text’s color is always in high contrast to the background, making it easy to read from a distance and draw the eye. The letters themselves are very even throughout similar to Helvetica and other modern style fonts, though the lower case letters are closer in size to the capital letters. The text itself feels declarative and like it belongs on a road sign or computer screen.





3 comments:

  1. good analysis. i think it would be interesting to examine what the Ad designers were trying to do with the woman and look at how that sort of plays into issues of gender equality or how the business world values men vs. woman. Lastly, I like your comparison of the heading texts to a computer like text.

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  2. So far your work is excellent! I'm glad that you pointed out that everything came in pairs (and pointed out the wedding ring!) because I missed it completely. Maybe you could look into an argument about materialism or consumerism and connect it with the failed logic of less is more that no longer permeates society.

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  3. Really like how you pointed out things that where easy to miss and also how deep you into work. Also how you compared it to what was going on in that time period and what it may symbolize.

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