Friday 21 November 2008

Signs, Semiotics, Rule Of Thirds

Iconic


Symobllic

Signs, Semiotics and Rule Of Thirds
Indexical- Suggestive and is connected to what they represent
Iconic- Looks like what they represent
Symbollic- Must be learnt culturally as they do not look like what they represent.

In this lesson, we were asked to get into groups and take pictures of various things that are related to the topic of signs, symbols and semiotics. We were told about the three types of signs; indexical signs, symbollic signs and iconic. We were given a digital camera and asked to take pictures of things that were any of those three signs, using the rule of thirds, to make our picture look more organised and focused on the main point of the image. The image above is an indexical image, meaning that the meaning of this image would be understood through society and growing up.

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