Modern authors are increasingly tapping into the visual appreciation of readers to reinforce and add complexity to meaning.
Some such elements could include:
(page references are to The Binna Binna man by, Meme McDONALD &
Boori Monty PRYOR, Allen & Unwin, 1999)
| Text: |
Print size, colour, font |
| Illustration: |
Background, design features, (B/W & colour), patterns/images, colour or monochrome. |
| Filmic Techniques: |
Zoom eg. pp 34-9. |
| Movement suggested by blurred background p 44. |
| Emotional intensity suggested by movement from small to larger print. |
Mood suggested/established by:
- Graphics: eg. frogs p 13
- Shadow throughout
- Silhouette p 84
- Flat dessicated image p 81
- Symbols p 49
- Models and composition p 43
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| Photograph of the authors as characters in the story. |
| Collage p 31, p 37, p91. |
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