2.) Three picture book codes used in Voices in The Park, codes of position and size, codes of perspective and codes of color were used. Codes of Position and Size was used by positioning the main character in center but your eye is drawn to the characters in the background of the story. Codes of Perspective, were used to change how the reader interprets the scenes. The main characters are positioned in the center of the page but other characters are moving in the background, which changes your perspective of your focus. Codes of Color, were used because this picture book draws one's eye to certain elements in the visual image, and effects the reader's mood. The images affect the reader's mood by the bold, bright colors and expressions on the characters' faces.
3.) The type of "interplay" between the written word and visual images on one of the pages in the Voices In The Park, was symmetrical. Most of the visual images in the story were symmetrical. The visual images were parallel the words written. One visual example, ape is sitting on the bench reading a newspaper and the written words say that "I settled down on the bench to read the newspaper..."
4.) The art movement used in Voices in The Park, was transformation. The apes heads were placed on human bodies.
5.) Ideological Analysis and Structural Analysis of Voices in The Park- shows the different characters perspective of the story. The message is that each character has their own version of the story. The mom and the son have two different perspectives about the dogs and a girl in the park. The son sees a friendly dog stating "they look like old friends and enjoys playing with the girl in the park. Mom states that the other dog is a "scruffy mongrel" and that the little girl was a rough-looking child."
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Serafini, F.,(2014). Reading the Visual: An Introduction to Teaching Multimodal Literacy. Teachers College Press: New York.
I loved the fact that you could pick a character and hear their version of the same event. I agree with you about how the character was large in the image yet your eyes were then drawn to the events happening in the background. I felt the emotions of the characters and ended up not liking the mum! Anthony Browne did a fantastic job of creating the scenes so that the reader knew one family was fluent and the other was not so well off. He also did a great job by showing us that money doesn't always matter as it seemed Smudge and her dad were happier than the mom and Charles.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading multiple blogs, I think we all took the same thing from this picture book. I found it so interesting that Browne used apes instead of humans in his images. This picture book it an excellent tool for teaching children that there are a variety of people or in this case (apes) in the world
ReplyDeleteThe perspectives of the different characters per their narratives was crucial to the story, and you mentioned that relevance as well, Nicole. I agree with you Candi as well that it was made very clear in the scenes and through the narratives that the two families were from different sides of town. It was very well done. It is quite interesting that the characters were "ape-like". (I'm not sure that's a word, but I'm not sure what they were exactly either). I really like this picturebook as well and agree that it is an excellent tool for teaching children.
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