Saturday, January 29, 2011
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Book Jacket
sign: a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent. They include gestures, facial expressions, speech disorders, slogans, graffiti, commercials, medical symptoms, marketing, music, body language, drawings, paintings, poetry, design, film, etc. They are important because they can mean something other than themselves. Formed through the society that creates them, by structures they employ and via the sources they use.
index: something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference. A collaboration or collection of things that guide the rest of the group of things. Provide reference for different signs and symbols
symbol: "to throw together". In Semiotics one thing can be thrown together with another in such a way that a relationship is created whereby the first symbolizes the second. Must know what the symbol stands for in advance if we are to understand it. Symbol is used in a special sense to mean literally any sign where there is an arbitrary relationship between signifier and signified.
successful book jacket: successful manuscript provides the designer a successful basis to start designing. Avoiding the literal design. Be creative and think outside of the box
This Means That:
Semiotics is defined as the theory of signs. They're about tools, processes, and contexts we have for creating, interpreting, and understanding meaning in a variety of different ways.
Signs are important because they can mean something other than themselves. They're formed through the society that creates them, by the structures they employ, and via the sources they use.
Icons have some degree of resemblance between signifier and signified. The degree of resemblance can be either high or low.
Symbol "to throw together". In semiotics one thing can be "thrown together" with another in such a way that a relationship is created whereby the first symbolizes the second.
Messages are always transmitted through a medium. The medium carries the message from the sender to the receiver: Presentational, Representational, Mechanical.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Book Project 1 / Sem 2
Life of Pi
Yann Martel: born in Salamanca, Spain in 1963. Traveler, spending time in Iran, Turkey, and India. Degree in Philosophy from Trent University, then worked various occupations before taking up writing full-time from the age of 27.
Books: The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, Self
Summary: Epic survival story about Pi Patel, the son of an Indian family of zookeepers. The family decides to move to Canada on a ship with their animals. The ship wrecks and Pi is left bobbing on a lifeboat with a Zebra, Hyena, and orangutan, and Bengal tiger.
Feeling: perseverance, travel, solitude, truth, survival, epic, friendship, companionship, fear, religion, belief, discovery
Message: survival story and religious theme
Protagonist: Pi Patel
Antagonist: shipwreck
Quotes: "My life is like a memento mori painting from European life, but I don't believe in death. move on!" "But once a dead God, always a dead God, even upon Himself? Why not leave death to the mortals?"
Why: High school favorite with a great message. I loved the twist in the end and the different religious and natural views a reader could interpret.
The Time Travelers Wife
Audrey Niffenegger: born June 13, 1963 in South Haven, Michigan. American writer, artist, and academic. Written four visual books, two novels, two visual novels, and three short stories.
Books: The Spinster, Aberrant Abecedarium, The Murderer, and Spring
Summary: A love story about a man with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about his wife, an artist , who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences.
Feeling: uplifting, travel, love, warmth, renewal, social, secrets, return, family, disappearance, invisible, unknown
Message: traveling fathers, traveling families
Protagonist: Henry
Antagonist: Time and death
Quotes: "I keep myself busy. Time goes faster that way." - Clare "When I am out there, in time, I am inverted, changed into a desperate version of myself. I become a thief, a vagrant, an animal who runs and hides" - Henry
Why: A book about family and self journey and expedition
The Waste Lands
Stephen King: born in Maine in 1947. Won a scholarship award to the University of Maine and later taught English. First novel was Carrie and its subsequent adaption that seth him on his way to being one of the best selling authors of the world. Known as the kKing of Horror. Also a musician, screenwriter, columnist, actor, director, and film producer.
Books: The Dark Tower Series, Carrie, The Dead Zone, Insomnia, Dreamcatcher
Summary: Third book in a series of seven. In this particular book, Roland is accompanied by Susannah and Eddie move east in search of the Tower. They discover six mystical Beams that hold the worlds together.
Feeling: heavy, powerful, companionship, friendship, skill, discovery, unreal, travel, exploration.
Message: travel and persevere
Protagonist: Roland
Antagonist: The man in black
Quotes: "Roland let me die. That is the truth. I still love him. That is the truth" - Jake "There is a thing that nothing is, and yet it has a name. It's sometimes tall and sometimes short, joins our talks, joins our sport, and plays at every game." - Riddle
Why: Exciting and adventurous
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