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3 VISUAL ANALYSIS (PLANNING)

The following planning sheet is designed to help you plan to write a personal response to one of Paquette’s
paintings. Complete all sections of both charts with as much detail as possible. Feel free to answer in point form
on the charts. Submit the planning charts with your 1.3 Written Response, which must be a minimum of three
paragraphs.

The image seems to be about . . . and the main idea seems to be . . .

Subject

The details of the image that are in focus and out of focus are . . . perhaps because . . .
Focus

Framing has been used in the image to include or exclude . . . in order to show . . .

Framing

The text creator has used the following angle(s) or shot(s) to show . . .

Angle

The type of lighting the text creator has used is . . . because . . .

Lighting

Colour and contrast have been used in the image this way . . . to show . . .
Colour and
Contrast

Lines The types of lines that have been used are . . . and they help convey . . .
(vertical,
horizontal,
diagonal)

Here’s what’s noteworthy about how the image is organized . . . and here’s what the
Rule of Thirds reveals . . .
Composition
1.3 VISUAL ANALYSIS (PLANNING, continued)
Consider what you have done on the previous chart, and complete all sections of this chart.

Consider the visual text.

What? Consider the text. What message does the image seem to be sending and what
details AND techniques help convey that message? (Use the information from your
● details previous chart to help you complete this section.)

● techniques

● effects

● main idea

Explore the relevance of the text to you and others.

So What? Explore the relevance of the text to you and others. What is the effect of this image
on you as the viewer, and/or how might it affect other viewers? Identify and explain
● personal how this image reminds you of other texts, personal experiences, and experiences of
connection others.

● other texts

● other people
 Explore the relevance of the text to society or to the world.

Now What? State this image’s theme in one sentence. Explore the relevance of the text to society
or to the world and the importance of these issues to all people.
● world issues

● who’s
affected?

● theme
statement