In Class Exercise - Word List Exploration of Whisk Uses.

Uses of a Whisk

• creating bubbles
• outboard motor
• 'Whip up' justice
• Tiny, fat Imp's cage
• Tiny tornado starter
• Food Ambassador - creates peace between ingredients
• Dangerous light bulb
• Attract Lightning
• Used to keep small animals brains animated
• fire starter
• rat shaman's staff
• skunk's replacement tail
• Prosthetic Hand ( Captain Hook)
• difficult paintbrush for abstract painting
• nice children's weapon
• zen garden rake for a mouse
• electric conductor for creating alien crops
• smooth back scratcher
• Alternate ending to 'Once Were Warriors', she made the eggs
• Useless Chimney Sweep
• Terrible Pen
• lightweight torture device
• slow, blunt drill
• message carrier
• mouse 'Da Vinci' helicopter
• statement earrings
• used to deflect tiny meteors
• reflects sun to communicate with extraterrestrial  life
• WHISKMAN - whips up justice, limbs became whisks through freak accident
• sports racquet
• holder for flowers, or flowers
• painful speculum
• arsonist's tool/weapon of destruction.

Chosen 4 posters for class

POSTER 1 - Parody and Pastiche

Take on the classic "We Can Do It" graphic design poster with "We Like This"- partitioning back to Facebook and the expression of opinion through Social Media.

POSTER 2 Parody and Pastiche

New take on the classic 'Mona Lisa', an unknown figure of art history. Pasted over her face is the recognisable profile-of-the-unknown picture used on social media websites.

POSTER 3 Substitution and Addition

Visual representation of 'pulling the plug on life', life support, power source etc. The poster shows that our lives are connected through Facebook and if unplugged or deleted, our online lives would end. A drastic end of the scale on social media dependence.

POSTER 4 Juxtaposition

A very simple and straighforward poster. A 'quit' symbol on top of the Facebook 'like' symbol. Two different images/objects put ontop of each other to create a new meaning, different from either's original meaning. 

More Poster ideas....

Pastiche/Parody

 Pastiche/Parody

Substitution/Addition

Substitution/Addition

Pastiche/Parody

Juxtaposition

In-Class Exercise

A few simple poster ideas for Substitution/Addition, Juxtaposition, Pastiche/Parody. Another 6 more to go!

Class Exercise - Poster breakdown

In class we had to discuss the Rhetoric properties of these images and the message they convey. My class partner and I reviewed this image of the American flag.

Mindmap/brainstorm of ideas about image

• Simplicity of design reflects simplicity of message
• Vector style, 3 colours (red, white and blue), 2d flat style
• Literal identity, humorous, America IS a corporation
• Image of mass production and recognition of 70% of logos, even from NZ background
• Global influence
• Identity embedded within flag, "freedom" run by corporations, new identity of America
• U.S.A flag replaced stars with corporate company logos
• Logos within logos - flag is basically a logo for America, range of logos + company purposes.

Visual Rhetoric Identification

Pastiche and Parody

• "form of imitation, appropriation to a well-known genre. Reinterpretation and appropriation of a subject"
• Parodying the American flag by replacing the states' stars with globally known American logos for corporations

Substitutions and Addition

• "one language is being used for another purpose"
• the message of 'freedom' by the American flag is compromised by the amount of corporations in the country.

Juxtaposition

• "putting two things/images together to create a new meaning"
• combining the American flag with recognisable logos creates a poster concerned with corporations running America.

Photo imagery inspiration/research

Collection of imagery research - topic of Social Media. 

Leaning towards a more negative stand on the subject.

Negative Effects Of Social Media Web Research

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/negative-effect-social-media-society-individuals-27617.html

"Social networking sites encourage people to be more public about their personal lives. Because intimate details of our lives can be posted so easily, users are prone to bypass the filters they might normally employ when talking about their private lives. What's more, the things they post remain available indefinitely."


http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20140415/articles/140419801

''She believes that social media is not only a distraction to teenagers who have become addicted to checking their news feeds, but that it can lead to psychological and health issues. Her research shows that a number of anxiety and personality disorders stem from spending too much time on the Internet.


Social Media Anxiety Disorder, for example, occurs when people become addicted. Social media, she explains, may draw some teenagers away from having relationships with themselves and with people around them. They also put too much effort into following trends they see online instead of being themselves.''

A good example of how even young teens can step outside of the box and realise what's happening and the negative effects that social media can have on peers and society.


http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/Negative_Impact_of_Social_Networking_Sites

"According to e-Marketer, global social networking revenues will exceed $10 billion 2013. Most social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and many others offer their services to members for free, yet still net significant income. In fact, according to Mashable Business, Facebook earned $1.6 billion in revenues in the first half of 2011, and was on pace to achieve more than $3 billion in revenues by year end."

An interesting side of the argument, is the revenue and profit made by these social media companies reaped in from the countless hours milllions of people waste on their online life.