PRWR 4800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gantt Chart, Edward Tufte, Bar Chart

• School: York University
• Department: Professional Writing
• Course: PRWR 4800
• Professor: Sharon Winstanley

Document Summary

Lecture 8: images at work: diagrams, graphs & I elements & vocabulary of functional images (the language & syntax of. Many images are functional, at their core and most are dual-coded, in that text, even in an assistive form, is key to their utility. These images may: explore or explain concepts, such as how to convey motion, be directive in nature, such as how to instructions or maps, be diagrammatic renderings of patterns of change, like graphs. Functional images: spatial-elements challenges: scope: refers to zooming, scaling, and cropping of images. Where do you need long shots/overviews [longer perspectives]: focus. How precise or detailed does the image-information need to be: angle of view. Spatial codes & conventions in working diagrams (textual and symbolic coding contextualized to create user understanding and functionality: uses of these conventions are often discourse-community-dependent. Cross section: cross sections reveal selective information also called cutaways.