close analysis of visual texts
Language Analysis Front Cover
View the front cover of Magneto Testament. There are three levels of questions with different difficulty levels. Answer one set of questions of your own choice. After deciding whether the answer is true or false you need to write a 1-2 sentence justification for your answer. Level 1 The use of so much grey creates a depressing tone. T/F The vector (reading path) takes your eyes straight along the barbed wire. T/F The contrasting use of red suggests love. T/F The boy’s face between the lines of barbed wire show he is trapped. T/F The boy is the main character in the story. T/F The boy is sad. T/F Level 2 Using both light and dark grey makes the setting seem cold and lonely. T/F The body language of the boy suggests he is calm and content. T/F The vectors take viewers along several lines of barbed wire. T/F The boy chose to be in this place. T/F The background is unclear and eerie. T/F Level 3 The use of lots of grey foreshadows the horror and bleakness of the story. T/F The vectors convey that the boy is trapped. T/F The boy is thinking about escaping. T/F There is a silhouette of a face or skull in the background. T/F The boy’s face demands viewers’ attention. T/F Bonus question: The style of the illustrations is like animee. T/F |
Language Analysis Double Page of Spectacles
View the double page of spectacles in Magneto Testament. There are three levels of questions with different difficulty levels. Answer one set of questions of your own choice. After deciding whether the answer is true or false you need to write a 1-2 sentence justification for your answer. Level 1 The glasses have been all been taken from the Jews who have been gassed to death. T/F We get Max’s point of view in this image. T/F No colours have been used to emphasise the enormous size of the killings. T/F The reader is shocked by how many glasses are in the room. T/F This page shows how careless the Nazis were. T/F Level 2 Max’s job is to sort the spectacles. T/F The use of a full double page spread, and the lack of colour, shocks the reader. T/F The shaft of light across the room acts as a vector. T/F There is no dialogue used because Max is speechless. T/F The framing of the door and window is not important. T/F Level 3 The use of colour on this double page creates a neutral tone. T/F This page confirms the systematic genocide of the Jews, gypsies and others the Germans detested. T/F Max is speechless. T/F The framing, vectors, lighting all act to shock the reader. T/F The visual techniques confirm that being a member of the Kanada Kommando, is “the best work…in the camp” (quote from Fritz when Max arrives at Auschwitz). T/F Bonus question: Yahweh (God) has indeed forsaken the Jewish people. T/F |