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An overview of the Spatial Semiotic Code as described in First Steps Viewing Resource Book
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Spatial System
Leanne Sercombe Discovery College
Spatial - Think in terms of 2D and 3D
Position - where things are in relation to each other & how they move from one position to another
Directionality - the direction of the movement: up, down, left and right
Practical experience: Exploring directionality in picture books.Look at ways the illustrator guides the eye of the reader through position and direction. FInd examples in the selected picture books.
Cultural Influence
East:Typically arranged around centre and margins
West:Typically arranged around top, bottom, left and right
Practical experience: Take a look on MTR station and bus stopsLook at the ways in which we view ads/posters and make ads and posters. Are we seeing things based on our own cultural background? Is this why some ads work/don’t work?.
Position - left/rightWest - Text on the left is regarded as known info, on the right it is regarded as new infoEg. latest product adverts are placed on the right and cost moreKress and Van Leuuwen, 2006
Position - top/bottom
WestText on the top engages or invites the reader in
Text on the bottom gives the info
Position - centreEastThe degree of importance of something is indicated by how close it is to the centre where the value is highest.
Position - foreground and background
Distance
The degree of space between people, places and things may indicate close or distant relationships.
Distance - Angle
● A direct frontal angle is the shortest distance and therefore indicates a closer relationship, whereas an oblique angle creates more distance and often means the object is placed to the side and less important.
Framing
● Frames can bring together or separate items in a text.
● The items may be parts of text on a page or screen; or people, places or things in a still or moving image, or in space.
Framing
● Frames can be real, that is, a physical boundary such as a fence in three dimensional space or the visual representation of a picture frame or fence on a screen or page.
● A frame may also be may be implied, that is, objects may be placed in a way that represents a frame.
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Animations
Resources - Picture Books
Title Author/ ISBN
The Violin Man Colin Thompson
A Kiwi Night Before Christmas Yvonne Morrison and Deborah Hinde
Search for Atlantis Colin Thompson
Neville Norton Juster 978-0375867651
The Huge Bag of Worries Virginia Ironside and Frank Rodgers
Memorial Gary Crew and Shaun Tan
Blackout John Rocco
Resources - Animations
Title URL
The Lego Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdDU_BBJW9Y
A Cloudy Lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psZmAsH6I3Q
The Fantastic FLying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljJIQuPDSE
The Lost Thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1YG7ZXfC6g
La Luna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxRH2V5QlbM
