ENGL 1301 Visual Analysis Notes Assignment

Instructions: Following the example of Dr. Nelson in the Visual Analysis Demo videos, analyze the visual components and
rhetorical situation of your visual text. Complete each chart with information and evidence gathered from your visual text in
order to document your analysis of that text.
Visual Text Genre: Poster

Text Title Unbroken

Text Creator Universal studieos

Date 2014

Visual Component Described Evidence (Visual Details and Spatial Placement)

● A man standing in the center of the
page
● A man that is dirty holding up a pice
of wood above his head
● A man crossing a finish line
● A man on a boat on the sea holding
up a gun
● The man is standing strong and firm. He is wearing
an army jumpsuit with a whit t-shirt at the bottom as
well as a watch on his wrist . He is looking in a
different direction he has his hand down and relaxed.
● The man has no shirt only pants. We can only see his
back. There seems to bee some scratches on his back
, he is very dirty and unclean. He is facing the
sunlight. He is caring a pice of wood over his
shoulders. He is looking down. He is in an open area
there is nothing around him except clouds. There is
no color everything is Gary and dark.
● He is screaming his uniform says Torrance. He is
leaning forward. His body is leaded to one side. His
muscles are contracting. There is a crowed behind
him cheering. They are standing up holding posters.
The sensory is very dark and gray no vibrant colors.
● The man is on a boat next to him his another man.
He is pointing a gun up in the air he is looking up as
he holds it up the man next to him is looking up as
well. They are in the ocean. The water is very calm.
There is also another man on a boat right next to
them looking up to the sky as well. The sensory is
very dark and gray. They all are wearing the same
uniform .

Gather your notes on the remaining elements of the rhetorical situation:

Rhetorical Situation Quoted Evidence Explanation
Situation, or Context If N/A, type N/A
Author "Universal studieos” ● “Produced by Universal
Date of Publication studios”
Location of Publication ● “2014" ● “Published on 2014”
Culture ● N/A ● N/A
● N/A
N/A

Audience
● N/A ● A man who is strong and
“SURVIVAL

RESILIENCE. REDEMPTION” and

shown doing that by different things.

Purpose
● To advertise the movie ● To show and draw viewers
by making eye catching
imagery as well as inaction
with is bold words.

Conclusion / Insight: Based on the observations and analyses above, what can you reveal to your classmates about the message of
the visual image that is not immediately obvious?
Conclusion / What: That he indeed at lot of pain and difficult times. This can not be seen at first as all the
Insight different images of him just seem to be pictures. But as you pay more action you can she how
he felt with a lot of uncinfrtables times.

How: This can be sown by how he is portrayed in the images as he is shown being in difficult
situations.