-Genres+TA

For my "book cover" I changed the genre by turning Mr. T against Gus. Instead of a children's story book it is an action book. I used contrast for Mr. T and for Gus to make them stand out in the water. I used alignment for the title to make it straight. I used repetition for the color of the background and for the color of Gus. I used proximity for were I put Gus to make it look like he is still falling and for were I put Mr. T to make it look like he is on the sea floor. I used blue for the color of the background to make it look like an ocean. I used framing to make the picture fit the screen. I used composition for the picture by having Mr. T the turkey VS Gus the person/animal fighting under water and the bubbles are air bubbles. I used size for Gus and Mr. T to make them take up about the same amount of space. The type of shot is close up. The subject of the picture is that it is Gus VS Mr. T. The setting of the picture is under water. The lighting is medium. The pose is Gus with a hatchet and Mr. T with nothing. The text reads "Gus VS Mr. T".
 * Assignment**:
 * Go back to MyON to view the cover of **Feliz dia de Gracias, Gus!. T**hen go back to view the first scene in **Assignment America.**
 * Think about what the cover of a book or CD might be if each was recreated as another genre. **Guiding Questions:** What color background would you use? What text? What style font and what color for the text would you use? Where would the text be placed? What would be the subject matter of any pictures and what style pictures would you need to use? What would be the setting for the picture? What size would the picture be compared to the text? You might want to go to Amazon.com to look at book covers and CD covers for ideas.
 * Genre Examples**:
 * = **Gus** ||= **America** ||
 * = television news story ... ||= children's story book ... ||
 * = situation comedy ... ||= situation comedy ... ||
 * = detective/mystery drama ... ||= detective/mystery drama ... ||
 * = martial arts film ... ||= martial arts film ... ||
 * 1) Use pixlr.com or Open office Draw of Tux Paint to **create a cover** **for one of the stories** retold as a different genre:
 * 2) Use images from Flickr commons or from search.creativecommons.org
 * 3) Use the same title and a picture representing at least one of the characters from the original story.
 * 4) Create a new wiki page called **Genres //yourinitials//**.
 * 5) Save the graphic document as a j**peg and upload it to the new wiki page**.
 * 6) **Write a paragraph** explaining the design for the cover. Describe how you used the graphic elements: contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity to create the cover. Also, explain how you used the following to provide clues to the story
 * color
 * framing
 * composition
 * size
 * type of shot
 * subject matter, including people
 * setting
 * lighting
 * pose
 * text
 * Cover Paragraph Design Description Here**