Presenting a visual document 19/11/22 Flashcards
Genre/nature du document
This document is a…/consists of…
Bande dessinée
Comic strip
Peinture
Painting
Photo/graphie
Photo/graph
Film
Movie/film
Couverture d’un livre/magazine
Book/magazine cover
Dessin humoristique
Cartoon
Présentation du titre
This xxx is entitled…/is called…/the title is…
Présentation de l’origine/auteur
- The document comes from…/is taken from…/is an extract from…
- The photographer, cartoonist, painter, artist, advertiser is…
- It was published in…/it dates from…
- It was drawn/painted/taken by…
Présentation du sujet
- The document represents, is about, deals with, features, shows, advertises…
- It’s a campaign for/against…
Affiche/poster
Poster
Publicité
Ad/vertisement
Peinture murale
Mural
Caricature
Caricature
Site web
Website (page)
Camembert (diagramme circulaire)
Pie chart
Graphique
Graph
Infographie
Infographic
Carte (géographique)
Map
Présentation de la situation (où, quand, qui et les couleurs)
- The picture shows, represents, is composed of…
- We can see, notice a contrast…
- The scene takes place in a city, suburb
- It must be breakfast time, it’s in the morning, at night, at the weekend, at Christmas, during the holiday, during winter…
- The main caractère are…
- They look like…
- There is/are contrasting colors, dark, dull, bright, it’s black and white, colourful
Banlieue
Suburb
Remarquer
Notice
Présentation des parties
- This image is divided in two parts
- ## The focus/the attention is drawn to
Légende (sur un document)
Caption
Bulle (comme dans une BD)
Speech bubble
Un gros plan
A close-up
Un slogan
A slogan
Face à face
Face to face
Côte à côte
Side by side
Derrière
Behind
Devant
In front of
A côté
Next to
Entre
Between
Par dessus (plus haut)
Above
Dessous
Under
Dessus
On
De profil
In profile
De dos
From the rear
Présentation - décrire ce qui se passe
- What’s happening
- What the people are doing/wearing
(utiliser présent BE + V-ing)
Présentation - quel est le message?
- The author criticizes
- The artist wanted to convey an impression of
- The author’s goal is probably to highlight/depict
- I think the artist wanted to show that, to illustrate, symbolize, suggest that, mean
- The artist wants to make us aware of
- The artist certainly wants to raise a controversial issue
- The target audience is
Souligner/mettre en avant
Highlight
Transmettre (une idée)
Convey
Représenter
Depict
Adolescents
Teenagers
Public ciblé
Target audience
Faire prendre conscience
Make aware
Soulever (une question)
Raise
Parents
Parents
Adultes
Adults
Businessmen
Businissmen
Politiciens
Politicians
Présentation - interpréter et supposer
- It looks like, it looks as if
- It is likely/unlikely to be…
- It seems that
- It might/could be
- It must be
- It can’t be
- It probably illustrates
- It reminds me of
- I suppose
Doit
Must
Pourrait
Might/could
Un dessin
A drawing
Présentation - donner son opinion
- In my opinion
- From my point of view
- As far as I am concerned
- Personally
- To me
- I think/believe/find
- What strikes/shocks/surprises me is
- I like/don’t like it because
- I suppose
- It’s interesting
Peut-être
Maybe, perhaps
Clairement/évidemment
Obviously
L’artiste est très talentueux car ça paraît très réaliste
The artist is very talented because it looks quite realistic
Être d’accord/pas d’accord
I agree/disagree with
Drôle
Funny/humorous
Choquant
Shocking
Trist
Sad
Ironique
Ironic
Original
Original
Stéréotypé
Stereotyped
Solitaire
Lonely
Émouvant
Moving
Ennuyant
Boring/dull/flat
Provocateur
Provocative
Effrayant
Scary/frightening
Poignant
Poignant
Difficile
Challenging/difficult
Convaincant/pas convaincant
Convincing/unconvincing
Exagéré
Exaggerated
Étrange/bizarre
Strange
Beau
Beautiful
Réalist
Realistic
Heureux/joyeux
Happy
Étonnant
Amazing
En haut
At the top
En bas
At the bottom
En haut à gauche/droite
In the top left/right corner
En bas à gauche/droite
In the bottom/right corner
A droite/gauche
On the right/left
Au centre
In the middle
En avant plan
In the foreground