Communicating Through Pictures

Hello.

My name is Mrs. Gukeisen—you can call me Mrs. G.

I came to do a project with you today that you will create based on the storyboards you have already done showing the six greatest achievements of early humans.

The people you’ve been studying about did not have a written language. They had to communicate through other means. If they wanted to record something for history, they had to use pictures to convey their message.

Do you think this is an authentic cave panting?

Nope!

You are going to use an online drawing tool today to make a Modern Day Cave Painting that expresses what you’ve been learning in this class.

I suspect yours will be more impressive than mine!

Before we get to work, let’s quickly look at some pictures and how they send us messages, so you can consider what to include in your own visual message.

Communicating Through Pictures

Do you think we still use pictures to communicate? We absolutely do!

Does anyone know who this is? That’s right, the Little Ceasars guy…”pizza pizza!”

What message is this picture sending? That eating pizza is good/to buy pizza/to eat pizza

Is this picture trying to persuade you to do something? Buy and eat pizza!

How does this picture want you to feel about buying pizza? Great/Happy/Satisfied/Relaxed/…

What message is this picture sending?

What message do you think this picture could be sending?

There are no right or wrong answers to these, so please just share one thing you are thinking about the message this picture is sending, and whether it is trying to persuade you to do something or to feel a certain way.

Is this message trying to persuade me to do or think something?

What do you think this picture is attempting to persuade you to do?

Drink milk?

Laugh over spilt milk?

Does this message convey a certain emotion?

How do you think the creator of this picture wants you to feel?

What if he had put a picture of a boy playing in the water instead of pulling a boat? Would it change how you feel?ORWhat is one thing you would change about this picture so that it conveyed a different emotion?

Does this message convey a certain emotion?

What emotion do you think the person who shared this picture is trying to convey?

What do you think

now?

How is this message trying to

make me feel?

Does seeing the rest of the picture and the caption change your idea about what emotional message the picture is sending?

What message will you convey today?

Think about the message you are going to send to day when we make our Modern Day Cave Painting.

Will you focus on meaning, persuading or feelings? All three?

What is early man’smost important achievement?

• Stone age tools

• Hunter-gatherer societies

• Human migration

• Adapting to new environments

• Development of farming

• Farming changes societiesThink about which of these storyboard pictures you created that you think represents early man’s most important achievement.

How will you convey your message?

• Be Creative

• Use Color

• Consider the questions:– What message am I trying to send?– What am I trying to persuade people to believe?– What do I want people to feel when they see my

message?

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Straight or squiggley?

Thick or thin?

Pure color or blended?

Draw a line,Fill an area with color,

Capture a color,Move your drawing,Erase your drawing.

• Be Creative

• Use Color

•Convey your message clearly