AS 91103 – L2 Workbook
Create a crafted and controlled visual and verbal text (4 credits)
Student (full name):
What do I have to do?
1. Create several static images that contain developed and sustained ideas.
2. Draw inspiration from either a theme or text(s) studied in class this year.
How do I know if I’ve been successful or not?
• I have completed at least three static images that complement each other (i.e. developed
ideas in a triptych).
How do I DEVELOP ideas in static images?
STEP 1: Start with ONE main theme e.g. the horrors of war.
 Select some quotes that show a progression of ideas; for example:
Main Theme - Sense of Loss because of War
1. “What passing bells for those who die as cattle?” Create an image to show the idea
of inhumane slaughter of soldiers and/or someone paying their respects.
2. “Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes shall shine the holy gimmer of
goodbyes”. Create an image to show the idea sad loss of friends.
3. “And each slow dusk a drawing down of blinds”. Create an image to show the idea
of a sense of loss for family at home.
STEP 2: think about SYMBOLS that can represent your progression of ideas; for example:
1. Church bells, cattle skulls, conveyor belt, grieving soldier, bloody knives…
2. Tears, pic of soldiers reflected in eye…
3. Stages of blinds being drawn, skull behind the blinds.
STEP 3: introduce at least one MOTIF i.e. a recurring symbol that links all three images
together; for example: sand (in the desert and in an hourglass) and skulls.
EXEMPLAR #1
EXEMPLAR #2
As you work away on your
static images, you’ll find
that you constantly have to
solve problems.
One problem here was
getting the idea of pain in
the second image. The
student added flames, but
that wasn’t enough. She
then added a head of
someone screaming in
pain, twisted it around, and
then copy-pasted it. This
worked well because it
moved away from a literal
interpretation of the quote
to more of a SYMBOLIC or
SURREAL interpretation.
The second major problem was arranging the layout of the three images in the triptych to fit on one page
(there was too much white space). Then there was the problem of linking all the images together to show a
progression of ideas. This student solved the first problem by adding a huge scared-looking eye for a background.
She then ingeniously made up a phrase for the background image that also happened to link up each panel of the
triptych.
Now it’s your turn!
Plan your static image on this page, then Photoshop to make your images.
What is the name of your text?
What is the main theme of you text?
What are your three quotes that show a progression of ideas?
Quote 1:
What type of image are you going to create? What ideas will it show?
What SYMBOLS are you going to use to represent these ideas?
Quote 2:
What type of image are you going to create? What ideas will it show?
What SYMBOLS are you going to use to represent these ideas?
Quote 3:
What type of image are you going to create? What ideas will it show?
What SYMBOLS are you going to use to represent these ideas?
What Motif(s) will you use?
What will you put in the background to bind all three images together?
Use this space to plan you static images. MEMO: all three images have to fit on one page.
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with
Excellence
Create a crafted and
controlled visual and verbal
text which develops,
sustains, and structures
ideas.
Create a crafted and
controlled visual and verbal
text which develops,
sustains, and structures
ideas convincingly.
Create a crafted and
controlled visual and
verbal text which
develops, sustains, and
structures ideas
effectively.
Create a crafted and
controlled visual and verbal
text using language
features appropriate to
purpose and audience to
create effects.
Create a crafted and
controlled visual and verbal
text using language features
appropriate to purpose and
audience to create
convincing effects.
Create a crafted and
controlled visual and
verbal text using language
features appropriate to
purpose and audience to
command attention.