Week10.Writing Journal Prompts1

Image Evaluation



Carlos Ghosn （2010）















 

Content analysis

1. What do you see? A man is sitting in front of a car.

2. What is the image about? Nissan’s CEO, Carlos Ghosn.

3. Are there people in the image? What are they doing? How are they presented?

  1)Yes. 2) Taking a picture in a car exhibition.

4. Can the image be looked at different ways? No.

5. How effective is the image as a visual message? Inform the audience that he has connection with Nissan.

Visual analysis

1. How is the image composed? What is in the background, and what is in the foreground? Background is a car; foreground is the person who is being introduced.

2. What are the most important visual elements in the image? How can you tell? Carlos Ghosn’s face. He is smiling confidently.

3. How is color used? Colorful.

4. Can the image be looked at different ways? No..

5. What meanings are conveyed by design choices? Without Carlos Ghosn, there will not have Nissan.

Contextual information

1. What information accompanies the image? Carlos Ghosn’s biography.

2. Does the text change how you see the image? How? No.

3. Is the textual information intended to be factual and inform, or is it intended to influence what and how you see? Just inform the facts.

4. What kind of context does the information provide? Does it answer the questions Where, how, Why, and For whom was the image made? No.

Image source

1. Where did you find the image?

http://www.wheelosphere.org/carlos-ghosn-ulc-will-be-priced-below-tata-nano/

2. What information does the source provide about the origins of the image?

  About some things that Carlos Ghosn did for Nissan.

3. Is the source reliable and trustworthy? Yes.

4. Was the image found in an image database, or was it being used in another context to convey meaning? No.

Technical quality

1. Is the image large enough to suit your purposes? Yes.

2. Are the color, light, and balance true? Yes.

3. Is the image a quality digital image, without pixelation or distortion? Yes.

4. Is the image in a file format you can use? Yes.

5. Are there copyright or other use restrictions you need to consider? Not really.

Critics

[Carlos Ghosn]. [Web]. (2010). Wheelsphere. Retrieved from http://www.wheelosphere.org/carlos-ghosn-ulc-will-be-priced-below-tata-nano/