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1. COMMUNICATION PROCESS
Message
It is the content of the
image- its information
Sender
The receptor
It is the person who
It is the person who decodes
creates an image in
the message to understand it
order to communicate
Aesthetic
Images that communicate mainly beauty and harmony
The Function of the images
Expressive
Images stimulate the receiver’s feelings. The point is not what we see
in the image, but the emotions we feel when we look at it
The Function of the images
Exhortative
They try to persuade the receiver to do something, to buy a
product, to believe an idea or to do a task.
The Function of the images
Narrative
The image tells a story
The Function of the images
Social
2. Basic elements in visual language
Dot Line
Plane
Antonio López.
Gran vía
Figurative images
Paul Cézanne
Los jugadores
de cartas. 1896
Abstract images
Chema Madoz.