ANALYZING A VISUAL DOCUMENT : ANALYSER UN DOCUMENT ICONOGRAPHIQUE TO PRACTISE ONLINE :

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IDENTIFIER LE DOCUMENT

Identifier sa nature.

This document is a ... / consists of ...

a photograph / photo / snapshot / shot of ... a drawing ( un dessin ) ... drawn by ( dessin par ) ... Aacartoon ( un dessin humouristique ) ... drawn by ... a strip cartoon / a comic strip ... ( une bande dessine ). an advertisement / an advert / an ad (une publicit ) / a full page advertisement... a poster put on a hoarding ( un panneau publicitaire ). a chart / a diagram ... ( un graphique ). a map ... ( une carte ). A book cover ... (une couverture de livre ).

Identifier son origine

It dates from ... It comes from ... / It is an extract from ... / It is taken in ... / It is drawn It is an advertisement for ... / It is to advertise a product ... It could be seen in ... / on ... ... published in ( + name of newspaper / magazine ) on + date ... It was drawn by ... / painted by ... / taken by ... / made by ... ... a painter / a photographer / a cartoonist (dessinateur)/ an advertiser (publiciste) etc.

DECRIRE LE DOCUMENT

Commencez toujours par dcrire ce qui frappe l'oeil, ce qui est le plus vident, et rpondez aux Wh- questions ( Who / When / What / Where ). La composition
To begin with ( pour commencer ), I'll briefly describe the layout ( organisation / la mise en page) of the document / page. It consists of ... / It is composed of ... / It is made up of ...

 There is a ... title / slogan / text / photograph / drawing / cartoon / chart / pie-chart ( diagramme en secteur ) / graph ( graphique ) / map / plan / diagram / sketch ( schma ) / caption (lgende ) / Bubble ( bulle )... It shows ... / It represents ... / in this photo, we are shown ... / We can see ... It is a close-up ( un gros plan ).

La localisation des choses et des personnages (characters)

The scene takes place in ... / The setting ( le cadre ) ... It is seen from a distance ( vu de loin ) / from afar ( de loin ) / from above ( de dessus ) / from below ( par en dessous ) / from the rear ( de derrire ) At the top of the page ( En haut ) / at the bottom of the page ( En bas ). In the foreground ( Premier plan ) / in the background ( Arrire plan / Second plan ), we can see... In the top right-hand / In the top left-hand corner ( En haut droite / En haut gauche ). To the right hand side / To the left hand side ... there is ... In the middle ( au milieu ) / under the title ( sous le titre ) / below the picture ( sous la photo / l'image ) / opposite the drawing ( en face du dessin ) / next to ( ct de ) etc. Between ( entre ) / Behind ( derrire ) / In front of ( devant ) / To the right ( A droite ) / To the left ( A gauche ) / Above ( Au-dessus ) / Under ( Au-dessous ) etc.

La description des personnages

There is 1 ... there are 2 , 3 ... characters ( personages ). AGE The woman / The man is young/old/ about forty ( A peu prs quarante ans ) / In her / In his forties ( Dans les 40 ans ) / about 45 ( peu prs 45 ans ) / in her / in his mid-forties / in her / in his late forties ( proche de la cinquantaine )... / child (ren) , teenager/ adult = grown-up / middle-aged/

CLOTHING She is wearing a jacket / a skirt / a dress / a hat / ...

ATTITUDES/ ACTIONS He is sitting / She is standing / They are talking (lying, running, fighting, playing, dancing, watching, smiling, begging, eating, ...) / Some are ...ing / All are ...ing.

embarrassed THEIR MOODS AND GFEELINGS ( humeur/sentiments) lazy :

aggressive lonely enraged angry He is / seems enthusiastic lost to be ... He looks / She looks / They look : annoyed lucky envious anxious mad excited arrogant miserable exhausted ashamed modest fearful bored mysterious fed up cautious negative friendly cheerful nervous frightened cold optimistic frustrated confident paranoid funny confused peaceful generous conscious perplexed greedy crazy pleased guilty cross proud happy cruel puzzled heartbroken curious quiet horrified dangerous regretful hostile depressed relaxed hot determined relieved hungry dirty sad hurt disappointed satisfied hysterical disapproving scared ill disgusted sceptical indifferent dishonest shocked intelligent

shy sick selfish shocked smart sorry strange strict strong stupid surprised suspicious thirsty thoughtful tired ugly undecided unhappy upset strong violent weak well-dressed worried interested jealous

DONNER SON AVIS

Dites ce que l'auteur a voulu exprimer. Dgagez les sentiments des personnages ou ceux que le document provoque chez vous.

(dduire)/We can deduce that... /We can guess that ...(imaginer) It relates an incident /an accident/an event/a fight/an argument (dispute) / It tells a story (raconter une histoire)/ It illustrates / It refers to (se referrer ) / It is about .../ It deals with ... (trater de) What the cartoonist means (veut dire) / The cartoonist suggests that. . . (suggrer) / he wants to show that.../ His/her aim is to...(son but est de) / He criticizes (il critique) / He mocks... (il se moque/il tourne en drision) / He makes fun of (il se moque de)/ He condemns ( condamne) / The cartoonist highlights/stresses (souligne/ met laccent sur) / shows / illustrates. . ./he alludes to ... ( faire allusion ) According to the cartoonist / The aim / the purpose (le but vis) of the artist is ... to entertain (divertir) /to amuse/ convey values (vehiculer des valeurs) /to pass on a message( passer un accurate // amusing / appropriate / artificial / attractive / banal / beautiful / message) to shock (choquer) / to surprise (surprendre) brilliant/ conventional / convincing / difficult / The is a symbol: it symbolizes. . It represents . It stands for . (reprsenter) / disturbing / dull / effective /entertaining / exaggerated / excellent / disgusting

I suppose / I think that. . ./ We can conclude that .../ We can imagine that .../ We can infer that

fantastic / far-fetched / fascinating / fine / foolish/funny / good / great / inaccurate / incredible / interesting / intriguing / ironical/ modern / mysterious / nice / old-fashioned / original / provocative / puzzling / topical / realistic / ridiculous / right / serious / shocking / Portez un jugement sur ce document: tes-vous d'accord avec son strange /wrong/ auteur ? Connaissez-vous quelque chose sur le sujet trait ? Pouvez-vous stupid / terrible / terrific/ thought-provoking / threatening / topical / true / uninteresting / unpleasant / unusualthis document : I find this document / I don't find /wonderful /

My feeling is that this is very well-done in that ... We can identify with the
In What my opinion. . . / To my mind / We can guess (deviner) that. . . I find it funny / strange / convincing / beautiful. . . What It Whatlooks as if ... / It seems that ... / My impression is that ... / I have the feeling (sentiment) that ... / I am under What the impression that My What first reaction was: desire /admiration / fear / surprise / pleasure / disgust (dgout) ... I find . is ... the most I findIt reminds me of. . .is(a me rappelle) / It looks like. . . / It illustrates. . . .... about find the most is ../ like / fact that about this document is ... / What strikes me the most I like What I this document.....is / What I is the dont like .... is I don't fact about this document is its /is the like that .. (ce the me frappe strikes mequi most is ... le plus) In my opinion / To my mind/ I would say (je dirais) To conclude/ To sum up (rsumer)/ I feel concerned (concern)