Considering Visual Elements

In this blog post, I will consider visual elements of my project. Specifically, I will respond to several questions from pages 395-402 in Writing Public Lives.

Screenshot from my computer, 11/7/15

How might I vary the fonts used in my project for emphasis, such as in the title and body of my project?

• I may vary the fonts for various situations. For example, if I'm transitioning from my own words, to a quotation, I might change fonts to empahsize what the quote is saying. 

Will the feeling or tone that the image (that will be on there) invokes be appropriate to the visual-rhetorical tone of my argument?

• The tone of the images I present must be and will be appropriate to the visual-rhetorical tone of my argument. Without that continuity, any images I introduce will hurt my argument rather than enhance it.

Do your eyes move easily from section to section in the order that you intended?

• The eyes will be able to easily move from section to section in the order I intend. Transitional effects will help.

Do too many visual images make your text busy or disorganized? If so, which images might you omit?

• There may end up being too many images in my PowToon presentation. I may end up omitting images that aren't central to the emotional or logical appeal of my project. 

If you are calling your audience to take action, are the consequences of not taking action and the benefits of taking action clearly expressed?

• The consequencess of not taking action and the benefits of taking action will be clearly expressed. That information is central to persuading my audience. If they don't have a reason to care, then there's no reason for the audience to care.

Will images be placed in a sequenced way?

• Images will be placed in a way where one image gives the audience more context on the debate, and the images following will be more effective as a result. The order in which I use images will be very important.