Visual Information & Media Flashcards
BRINGS TOGETHER A COMPOSITION WITH
SIMILAR UNITS
Harmony
elements of visual media
line, shape, value, texture, color, form
sources of information in the form of visual representations.
Visual Media
CONSISTENCYOF
MARGINS, TYPEFACE, TYPESTYLE, AND
COLORS IS
NECESSARY,
ESPECIALLY IN SLIDE PRESENTATIONS OR DOCUMENTS THAT ARE MORE THAN ONE PAGE.
Consistency
movement is suggested through repeating organic shapes or through irregular repetition of repeating elements
Flowing rhythm
Types of Visual Media
photography, screenshot, video, infographics, meme, data visualization, visual note-taking & comic strip/cartoon
Figure having volume and thickness; illusion of a 3d object; can be viewed from many angles
Form
Determined by its Hue, intensity and value; used for emphasis or may elicit emotions from viewers
Color
use this to define an object’s surface.
Texture
VISUAL EQUALITY IN SHAPE, FORM, VALUE, COLOR, ETC.
CAN BE SYMMETRICAL AND EVENLY
BALANCED, OR ASYMMETRICAL AND UNEVENLY BALANCED
Balance
Determined by its Hue, intensity and value; used for emphasis or may elicit emotions from viewers
Color
a sequence is created in which the elements are changed slightly every time they are repeated
Progressive rhythm
Way a surface feels or is perceived to feel; illusion of the surfaces, peaks and valleys, resulting to feeling the smoothness and roughness of the object
Texture
A GEOMETRIC OR
ORGANIC AREA THAT
STANDS OUT FROM THE
SPACE NEXT TO OR
AROUND IT , OR
BECAUSE OF
DIFFERENCES IN VALUE ,
COLOR , OR TEXTUR E
Shape
DESCRIBES A SHAPE OR
OUTLINE
CREATE TEXTURE AND
CAN BE THICK OR THIN
MAY BE ACTUAL ,
IMPLIED, VERTICAL ,
HORIZONTAL ,
DIAGONAL , OR
CONTOUR L INES
Line