Visual Techniques

Question 1

What are allusions?

Answer 1

references to other images/visual media, like art, films, pop culture, religious icons, etc. These usually re-contextualise or “change the meaning” of the original media.

Sometimes it can be parody (referencing another image but making it funny),

Question 2

Angles/Lines

Answer 2

The ‘direction’ of an image based on the angles or lines within it. Horizontals create a sense of
calm, verticals create a sense of structure and diagonals a mood of unease or being offbalance