Analyzing Visuals Using OPTIC Strategy
Discover how utilizing the OPTIC strategy can enhance visual analysis skills, breaking down the components of images to gain deeper insights. Explore practical applications and benefits of this structured approach in understanding visual content effectively.
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OPTIC Strategy Analyzing Visuals
Why Use OPTIC? -A text can be anything (speech, non-fiction piece, poem, advertisement, fiction piece, visual). -Many students panic when they have to analyze a visual (i.e. your WOD on 3D Printing). -OPTIC provides a clear strategy that explains how to look for what is important.
Migrant Mother by Dorthea Lange (1936)
OVERVIEW -What is the visual about? -What s going on? -Brief Summary
PARTS -Break apart the image and look at its individual parts -What parts, elements, and details are important? (Colors, figures, groupings, patterns)
TITLE -What information does the title add?
INTERRELATIONSHIPS What connections can be made between the title and the parts of the visual?
CONCLUSION -Draw a conclusion about the visual as a whole by stating its theme or the argument it is making.
WHY ALL THE PARTS ARE IMPORTANT -Practice OPTIC without the title One other part missing.
HOW DOES YOUR ANALYSIS CHANGE? Title: Bellamy Salute Parts:What image is added?
SMALL GROUP PRACTICE Title: The Young Lady with the Shiner by Norman Rockwell
