Week8 Monday
Class
Matrix Exercise
Shiuan
Picking Pirate, tanline, treasure hunt on the left,
HomeWork
Research
Visual president
How and why are these elements appropriate or useful. How can they be combined, manipulated. What do they bring to the meaning of your conceptual ideas?
with familiar elements that links to ocean, with their black as sick or death of the marine life. The two poster had used cardboard brown as background to show the sad rubbish like state of the ocean (like a tub of dish water).
The juxtaposition of Jellyfish feeding on a white healthy fish demonstrate plastic pollution kills marine life, but the rubbish made me concern as this is not nature, but extinction.
Topic- Beach Cleanup: Pollution
Marine life is dying, and as a result the whole oceanic ecosystem is threatened simply by various sources of pollution. If we are to preserve ocean and its natural beauty, drastic measures have to be taken to combat this pollution and keep what we hold most dear.
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While all four oceans have suffered as a result of human consequence for over millennia by now, it has accelerated in the past few decades. Oil spills, toxic wastes, floating plastic and various other factors have all contributed to the pollution of the ocean.
Plastic debris can absorb toxic chemicals from ocean pollution, therefore poisoning whatever eats it. In fact, plastic pollution is one of the most serious threats to the ocean. Plastic does not degrade; instead, it breaks down into progressively smaller pieces, but never disappears. They then attract more debris. It poses a significant health threat to the various sea creatures, and to the entire marine ecosystem. Overall, plastic is the number one source of pollution in the ocean.
Toxic metals can destroy the biochemistry, behavior, reproduction, and growth in marine life.
Oil spill changes the entire ecosystem of a affected area, from long coast line to deep ocean.
There is an island of garbage twice the size of Texas inside the Pacific Ocean: the North Pacific Gyre off the coast of California is the largest oceanic garbage site in the entire world. There, the number of floating plastic pieces outnumbers total marine life six to one in the immediate vicinity.
I could use this fact above to depict the trash ice burg poster in a Satire technique.
Even though much the trash and waste dumped into the ocean is released hundreds of miles away from land, it still washes up on beaches and coastal areas, and affects everything in between. Every marine animal is affected by man-made chemicals released in the water.
Pollution and harm that we can and can't see both exists, and not seeing doesn't mean it doesn't exists.
Moodboards: how and why convert etc collosle squid with trash as element
Style/Looks - Inspiration
Rhetorical approach (show most potential, why)
Thumbnails
Depict concept and visual language: random crossing of element form word list to generate rhetorical ideas
See how one concept can be made in many different stylistic interpretations. This styling / rendering can shift the meaning, can add or detract from the message, can bring cliche or profundity to the concept. TRY IT AND SEE. Work quickly to generate a range of styled visuals for each of your strongest concepts.
