Year 7 Visual conventions vocab list 1.docx

**Layout** The placement and arrangement of elements in a visual text. -------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Foreground** The part of the image that appears closest to th...

**Layout** The placement and arrangement of elements in a visual text. -------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Foreground** The part of the image that appears closest to the viewer. **Background** The area furthest from the viewer, behind the subject, or in the distance. **Juxtaposition** Placing things side by side or close together, often to emphasise similarity or difference. **Salience** The main element in focus **Symbolism** A word or concrete object that represents something else, especially an object representing something that is abstract. **Reading path** The movement of a viewer's gaze around the visual text. This movement can be demonstrated by lines of sight, or vectors. **Colour palette** Range of colours often used deliberately in visual texts for symbolic meaning. **Vectors** Lines, real or implied, which direct a viewer's attention to a focal point in a visual text. **Motif** An element that is repeated in a text. It may also be repeated and woven throughout the text, such as a colour motif.