TLLCE Revisions: How to Analyse a Visual Document PDF

TLLCE REVISION METHODOLOGY : ANALYSING A VISUAL DOCUMENT 1. Nature du document This document is / What we have here is : a photograph / a pain8ng / a cartoon / a drawing / a caricature / in colour / in black and white / an advert / a strip cartoon / a chart / a map / a poster / a sn...

TLLCE REVISION METHODOLOGY : ANALYSING A VISUAL DOCUMENT 1. Nature du document This document is / What we have here is : a photograph / a pain8ng / a cartoon / a drawing / a caricature / in colour / in black and white / an advert / a strip cartoon / a chart / a map / a poster / a snapshot / a book cover / a newspaper front page / a parody / a pas8che / a humorous picture /... 2. Origine du document We can say... We can suppose... We can imagine... it comes from / it was taken from / it appeared in/on: a newspaper / a magazine / a website / a women's magazine called ___ / a business magazine. It appeared... It dates from ___ It is recent / not recent. We may suppose it appeared recently / long ago / ___ years ago. 3. L'auteur It was made by a man / a woman / someone called ___ This photo was taken by ___ / This was made by ___ / painted by ___ / created by ___ The name of the ar8st is _____ / not men8oned / does not appear. The name of the photographer / the cartoonist / the painter 4. DescripFon du document (l'explicite - ce que l'on voit) It is a close-up / medium shot / long shot. It's a low angle shot / a high angle shot. The scene takes place in a home / in a bedroom / in a living-room / in a kitchen / in a bathroom / in a shop / in the street / in the country / in the desert / in the mountains.... The seHng is a school / a big city / a small village / the countryside / the moon / another planet / an imaginary world / familiar / unfamiliar / excep8onal / typical /... It takes place during the day / at night / in the summer / in the winter /... It is composed of 2 / 3 parts. The comic strip is composed of 4 frames. The general atmosphere is sad / roman8c / funny / crazy / serious / ironical / mysterious / unusual / relaxed / tense / ordinary / sophis8cated /... The characters: - number There are 1 / 2 / 3 / many people. There is only one person; a ___ - gender male / female (one man / three men / one woman / four women) - age group child(ren), teenager / adult / middle-aged /in his twen8es / young / old - clothing: (S)he is wearing a jacket / a skirt / a dress / a hat /... - gestures / depicted ac8on He is siHng / She is standing / They are talking (lying, running, figh8ng, playing, dancing, watching, smiling, begging, ea8ng,...) - their mood(s) 1 aggressive angry annoyed anxious apathe8c arrogant ashamed bored cau8ous cheerful cold confident confused conscious contemptuous crazy cross cruel curious dangerous depressed determined dirty disappointed disapproving disgusted dishonest ecsta8c He seems to be... He looks / She looks / They look : I can see / It shows / It represents... There is a ____ There are ____s in the upper part / in the lower part in front of / behind above / under close / far away at the top / at the boRom on the leS / on the right in the foreground / in the background in the middle in the corner There is a / no text / 8tle / headline / bubble / cap8on / slogan / catch phrase / logo / sign / note. There is a contrast between ___ and ___. There is a contrast in size / in colour / in numbers /... 2 5. L'implicite (l'implicite - ce que le document donne à imaginer) The subject is... / The topic is... / This issue is topical. It relates an incident / an accident / an event / a fight / an argument /... It tells a story: _____ I suppose that... / I think that... / We can conclude that... / We can imagine that... / We can infer that... / We can deduce that... / It illustrates.... / It refers to... / It is about... / It deals with... We can guess that... The author suggests that... / (S)he wants to show that... / His-her aim is to... / (S)he cri8cizes... / (S)he mocks... / (S)he makes fun of... / (S)he condemns.... / (S)he stresses... / (S)he alludes to... What (s)he means is that... According to the author,... The aim / the purpose of the ar8st is... to entertain / to amuse / to convey values / to pass on a message / to shock / to surprise /... The document raises the ques8on / issue / problem of... The message is: _____ I can suggest a cap8on / a 8tle. The ___ is a symbol: it symbolizes ____. It represents ___. It stands for ___ 6. Ma réacFon It looks as if... / It seems that... / My impression is that... / I have the feeling that... / I am under the impression that... My first reac8on was: desire /admira8on / fear / surprise / pleasure / disgust... I find this document _____ / I don't find this document _____ : accurate / amusing / appropriate / ar8ficial / aRrac8ve / banal / beau8ful / brilliant / conven8onal / convincing / difficult / disgus8ng / disturbing / dull / effec8ve / entertaining / exaggerated / excellent / fantas8c / far- fetched / fascina8ng / fine / foolish / funny / good / great / inaccurate / incredible / interes8ng / intriguing / ironical / marvellous / modern / mysterious / nice / old-fashioned / original / provoca8ve / puzzling / realis8c / ridiculous / right / serious / shocking / strange / stupid / terrible / terrific / thought-provoking / threatening / topical / true / uninteres8ng / unpleasant / unusual / wonderful / wrong My feeling is that this is very well-done in that... We can iden8fy with the ___. What I find _____ is... What I find the most _____ is.... What I like about this document is ___ / is the fact that.... What I don't like about this document is its _____ What strikes me the most is... I feel concerned / I don't feel concerned. I feel moved / irritated / puzzled /... It makes me think of... It reminds me of a film / a book / a text / an ar8cle / another document... I remember a similar document we studied in class: it was... It looks like... It evokes the ques8on of... 3