Static Image Definitions Flashcards

Use these cards to revise the definitions of static images.

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What is a dominant image?

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The largest and most centred image on the page. It contains the main idea (often the product, but not always) of the advertisement.

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What is a symbol?

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An image that is used to represent an idea or brand.

e.g. a skull and crossbones to show that something is poisonous

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What is a stereotype?

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An image of a person that is used to represent a certain group of society.

(e. g. a girl wearing pink)
(e. g. a French person wearing a beret, with a moustache, holding a baguette).

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What is a caricature?

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An image that takes a famous person and exxagerates their features.

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What is superimposition?

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Where one image is placed on top of another image for effect.

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What is a logo?

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An image that is used to represent a particular company or brand.

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What is colour?

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The use of colour in an advertisement and its symbolic associations (e.g. blue is calm, red is anger or passion, green is nature)

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What is a headline?

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The largest or most dominant piece of text on a page.

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What is a slogan?

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A group of words associated with a brand or company.

e. g. Nike: Just Do It
(e. g. McDonald’s: I’m Lovin’ It)

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What is font/typography?

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The style, size and colour of lettering used on an advertisement.

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What is reverse text?

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White letters on a black background.

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What is layout?

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The way in which images and letters are arranged on a page.

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What is foreground and background?

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Foreground is words/images that are placed in front of others (are superimposed).
Background are words/images that are at the back (are behind superimposed objects) in the image.

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What is framing?

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When borders are used to draw attention to certain parts of the image.

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What is shading?

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The use of light and dark to draw attention to certain parts of the image.

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What is contrast?

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The use of differences in size (big and small), shape (round and square) and colour (bright and dull; black and white) are used in an image to draw attention to certain things.

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The main image in a text is called…

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The Dominant Image

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An image that is commonly used to represent an idea (e.g. a skull and crossbones to show something is poisonous) is called…

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An image of a person that is used to represent a certain group in society (e.g. a Japanese person wearing a kimono) is called…

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A stereotype

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An image that exxaggerates the features of a well-known person is called…

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A caricature

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When one image is placed over the top of another image, that is called…

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Superimposition

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A symbol that is used to represent a particular brand or company is called…

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The use of colour for its symbolic associations is called…

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Use of colour

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The largest piece of text on an advertisement is called…

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The Headline

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The size, shape and colour of lettering is called...
Font or typography
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White text on a black background is called...
Reverse text
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A group of words that is often used to represent a company or brand (e.g. I'm lovin' it or Just do it) is called...
A slogan
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The way in which images and words are arranged on the page is called...
Layout
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When borders are placed around parts of a static image this is called...
Framing
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When images are positioned in the front and back of images this is called...
The use of foreground and background.
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The use of light and dark in an image is called...
Shading
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The use of difference in size, shape and colour in an image is called...
Contrast