Observe: This prezi uses purely quotes to for their visual argument, meaning that they did not include any personal thoughts in their presentation. The presentation does include some examples of visuals, such as a graph and an illustration in an early book. The size and orientation of the textual aspects of the prezi vary and have no real order besides a logical sense of what they are saying.
Analyze: The argument that this prezi is making is the importance and significance that visuals have. The presentation argues that in some cases visuals are more powerful than the text itself and hold meaning that words and books cannot. The presentation also talks about how it is becoming more and more common to see a visual to be a representation of the text that it is accompanying. The presentation points out that today even though we have certain textual arguments or stories, we also attempt to make them visual or to add visuals to them to further the point and how the internet is allowing us to do this more and more.
Question:
Do you believe that the visual is in fact more powerful than the text?
When talking about movies, do you think that more people would rather watch the movie or read the book?
For those who would rather watch the movie than read the book, is it because the visual is more powerful or just easy?
Why do you think that in early manuscripts so much effort was put into visuals?
Were visuals left our of printed texts because they were not seen to add much to the text?
Do you think a writing style with purely the visual could ever exist in this age?
#2 I think it depends on the kind of person you are. A reader would rather use their imagination to fill in the pieces the author allows them to fill. Other people will prefer to watch the movie, only because there is less work for them. The characters and setting is in front of them and they don't have to create it in their mind based on the description of the author. But I think it should be noted that often movies are criticized for not being as good as a book they're based on.
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