The Critical Method
Something that could be proved. Not an opinion.
What is a fact?
Lines that are not used to symbolize, outline or look like shading.
What are ABSTRACT lines?
Define the outer AND inner edges of shapes. These lines can vary in thickness and darkness.
What are CONTOUR lines?
Where one shape ends and another begins.
What is EDGE?
This Twitter feed is discussing
A. grammar
B. framing
C. text
What is B. FRAMING
The first step in the Critical Method.
What is DESCRIPTION?
An example would be telephone poles, and the sides of the building.
What are MANUFACTURED lines?
(Man-made okay, too)
These are the 4 types of DESCRIPTIVE lines.
What are
OUTLINES,
CONTOUR LINES,
INDIVIDUAL LINES and
HATCHING/CROSSHATCHING?
This is a classic example of this type of line?
What are LINES of SIGHT?
A key question to consider for this Core Concept would be, "Who are all the possible people who made choices to create this text?"
What is ALL INFORMATION IS CONSTRUCTED?
The only 2 steps in the Critical Method we have actually practiced.
What is DESCRIPTION and INTERPRETATION?
Lines that can fit into many different categories, because their only determinant is that they communicate emotion.
What are EXPRESSIVE lines?
This is the most basic kind of descriptive line. It surrounds a shape.
What is an OUTLINE?
The connect the dots puzzle your Kindergarten teacher gave you.
What is CLOSURE?
An example of this Core Concept:
A. Media Messages and the medium with which they travel has the same bias that exists in greater society.
B. Each Medium has its own specific language and grammar.
What is
B. Each Medium has its own specific language and grammar?
The only part of DESCRIPTION step we've practiced.
What are OBSERVATIONAL FACTS?
These are the 4 types of line categories.
What are
DESCRIPTIVE,
IMPLIED,
ABSTRACT and
EXPRESSIVE lines
The letter S or A.
What is an INDIVIDUAL line?
The 3 types of IMPLIED lines.
What is
CLOSURE,
EDGES and
LINE of SIGHT?
This is an example of Core Concept
A. Individuals or groups understand media messages similarly or different depending on contextual Factors.
B. All information is constructed.
What is A. Individuals or groups understand media messages similarly or different depending on contextual Factors?
This is an example of of Interpretation:
A. She is wearing a green dress, that is fur-lined.
B. This means she is rich.
What is B?
This is the reason Hatching and Crosshatching work. A trick of the eye.
What is OPTICAL MIXING?
The black of the pen blend with the white of the paper, to make different shades of gray.
What is OPTICAL MIXING?
(1/2 points if answered, WHAT IS HATCHING?)
Something you KNOW is there, but you can't see it.
What is IMPLIED?
"Who are the Heroes?" Is a question we often ask with this Core Concept.
What is Framing?