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Presented by: Chiara Ojeda

cojeda@fullsail.com
tweakyourslides.wordpress.com
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TWEAKING MY CLASS
1
THING YOU
WANT TO
IMPROVE
ABOUT YOUR
VISUAL AIDS
#1 THINK LIKE A DESIGNER
Make each decision deliberate.
 DESIGN IS...

Utility Significance

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 relevant
meaningful
new

truth easiness
consistency usefulness
honesty useability
accuracy fit

beauty
structure
appearance
C-R-A-P-ify your slide design.
Contrast
Making elements different increases understanding.

Repetition
Repeat visual elements to create strong unity.

Alignment
Nothing should be placed arbitrarily. Placement illustrates
relationships between elements.

Proximity
Related items should be placed together.
#2: DO NOT...
USE BULLETS
WHYNOT?
BULLETS
USE TEXT ALONE TO
CONVEY IDEAS
& CONSTRAIN
CREATIVITY.
 use text
Do... purposely
 Choosing Fonts
Use
1 Title, body, serif vs. multiple
emphasis
font/weight sans serif text
boxes

Pair text Font must be

with Dafont.com installed to
visual work
#3: DO NOT...
OVERUSE
TEMPLATES

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 Classical Canons of
Rhetoric

Invention (P.A.S.S.S.)

Arrangement

Style

Memory

Delivery
 Persuasive
Presentations
The basics of persuasive speech
 WHY NOT?

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 BE A REBEL,
CREATE YOUR OWN
TEMPLATE
Consider:
Consistency and flexibility
Grids and layout
Color
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GRIDS CREATE UNITY

} Turn on master
gridlines, alignment
guides and object
spacing/sizing.
View/show on guides; drag
cursor down from ruler to
create static guides
#4: DO NOT...
CONFUSE
YOUR AUDIENCE
VIA UNCLEAR
HIERARCHY &
PROXIMITY.
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Strong hierarchy helps
audiences understand
relationships.
 PROXIMITY M AT T ER S
Near

Far
Proximity Conveys Relationship

unite/fragment order/chaos equal/unequal

 Coherence in a Paragraph
Stick

other.
to the point: The ideas have a clear and logical relation to each

Put details or examples or incidents in logical

order.
chronological

in relation to each other

in order of importance
 Ensure your
paragraphs are
coherent.
stick to
Put details t h e p oi nt
in logical
order:
Consider
a. chronology hierarchy
b. relationship
c. importance
 #5: DO NOT...
FORGET TO HELP
YOUR AUDIENCE SEE
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
 Symbols are used in conjunction with the other elements of
short stories
Symbolic settings
call attention to theme
Reveal the personality of the characters
Create unity
Consider Oatess use of the suburbia in Where Are
You Going. How does the setting affect how the
characters are developed/how they interact?
DO...
APPLY THE
PICTURE
SUPERIORITY
EFFECT
W h a t in f o r m a t io n a m I
repr e s e n t in g w it h t h e
writt e n w o r d t h a t I c o uld
r e p la c e w it h a n im a g e ?
Symbolic Settings
Symbolic setting:
Story themes
Character personalities
Unified style and plot
Oates Setting--1960s suburbia

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#6: DO NOT...
MAKE VISUALS
SECONDARY
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Character Development and Analysis
} Theway a character is developed in a
story is what often times makes fiction so
enjoyable. Readers can identify with
characters and can associate with their
own personal struggles. Even in
extraordinary circumstances, characters
will act and react in generally traditional
human ways. If we are able to relate to a
character in some way, then the author has
done his or her job.
Visual Cliche
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Stretched or pixelated images = no bueno

Actual Size
EXTRA EMPTY SPACE

Unnecessary framing
Common Problems

Arent gnomes neat! This picture has no space

for text, but its really neat and I have lots to say
and put on the slide, so I dont really care if
there isnt enough space. Gnomes rule!

Background and content

competing
Gnomes rule!
Gnomes rule!
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DO USE QUALITY VISUALS

 Think concrete, large, high res.
Compfight and Flickr are your friends.
Choose creative commons, commercial use.
Show attribution.

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MASKING/CROPPING AN IMAGE
USING THE ALPHA TOOL
Is there room for text?
Be creative.
#7: DO NOT...CROWD YOUR SLIDES

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 Rising Action and One could argue that the entirety of Books/Films I and II (The
Fellowship, The Two Towers) is all rising action and false summits.
False Summits Frodo does not confront his climax until Book/Film III.

Once having traversed

Gollum brings tension
the threshold, the hero between Sam and Frodo
must survive a succession
of trials.
--Campbell

Frodo Confronts the

Ringwraiths at
Weathertop (fear) Gandalf is lost in Moria (grief) Faramir detains Frodo (hope in
humanity is restored

After a series of trials, Frodo and Sam move

Frodo becomes the ring bearer towards Mount Doom (emotional exhaustion;
(trepidation; uncertainty about the hopelessness)
future)
 Falling Action and Resolution
He [must] re-enter where
men who are fractions imagine
themselves to be complete. --
Campbell
Rescued by the eagles (relief; a return
to certainty)
Aragorn is King (happiness; jubilation)
In LOTR, the parallel story lines converge
and the conflict of the story is resolved. At
the end of the story, Frodos emotional
balance is restored, but he cannot return to
the carefree hobbit of the beginning of the
story and leaves Middle Earth for the Grey
Havens.
The Scouring of the Shire (Frodos final
test)
Frodo leaves Middle Earth
USE EMPTY SPACE TO
PROVIDE VISUAL
BREATHING
ROOM
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 #8: DO NOT...
CREATE
dissonance
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 Climax: Frodo Destroys the Ring
The Climax of LOTR comes with the
The hero-quest requires that the hero
return. The responsibility has been
frequently refused.
--Joseph Campbell
destruction of the Ring. In the text,
Frodo is not directly involved in the
destruction of the ring. Gollums joy
at retrieving his precious is what
begins the resolution of the plot.
This resolution is not entirely positive
for Frodo, as he has to struggle with
being corrupted by the Ring.
 DO AMP
CON UP T
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T RASE
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 Contrast: Understanding through
difference

size shape shade color proximity

 STRONG CONTRAST MEANS

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HIGH SIGNALLOW NOISE
#10: DO NOT...
FORGET
AN EXTRA SLIDE
COSTS NOTHING
 P Purpose Why am I wri)ng?
Informa)on? Persuasion? Personal? Entertainment? etc.
A-Audience Who am I wri)ng to?
Rela)onship to writer, age, )tle, beliefs/preconceived ideas, needs,
knowledge/educa)onal level, etc.
S-Subject What am I wri)ng about?
Topic, content, what to include/leave out
S-Self How do I want to portray myself to my reader?
Tone not what you say, but how you say it.
S-Special Requirements How should my paper look? What
limits do I have?
Format, length, )me/due date, etc.
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Purpose
Why am I writing?
Consider necessity.
Why is this an issue worth
discussing?
 Target Audience

For whom am I writing?

Consider: Relationship to writer, demographics,
beliefs, needs, etc.
 Subject
What am I writing about?
topic
content
what to include/exclude
Self
How do I want to
portray myself?
Special Requirements
What are the
parameters of the
assignment?

Challenges
Format
Be Proactive!
 So, lets recap!
THINK LIKE A USE CONTRAST
DESIGNER
DO USE TEXT
PURPOSELY
CREATE YOUR OWN
TEMPLATES
 So, lets recap!
USE HIERARCHY
AND PROXIMITY
USE THE PICTURE
SUPERIORTY EFFECT
ALWAYS CHOOSE
QUALITY VISUALS
So, lets recap!
PROVIDE VISUAL
BREATHING ROOM
USE CONTRAST
USE ANIMATION
RESPONSIBLY
DETACH AND
GET NAKED
THANKS
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