Objectif méthodologique:
- apprendre à présenter un document iconographiqueObjectifs lexicaux:
- Vocabulaire de la spacialisation (situer les éléments dans l'espace)- La modalité: pour formuler des hypothèses
- Utilisation de mots de liaison
Objectifs grammaticaux:
- Utilisation du PASSIF- Utilisation du Present en BE+ING pour la description
- Utilisation de la COMPARAISON
- les Auxiliaires de modalité: MUST (forte probabilité), MAY, COULD
HOW TO PRESENT A VISUAL DOCUMENT:
Example of a painting by Jean leon Gerome FERRIS entitled "The First Thanksgiving"
A- INTRODUCTION
1. Nature
This document is a painting2. Title
It is entitled "The First Thanksgiving"3. Author
It was painted by Jean Leon Gerome FERRIS. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in eighteen sixty-three (1863) and died in nineteen thirty (1930).4. Date
It was painted in 1899.5. Source
(Nothing here!)6. Context and general subject
This painting was selected as the "picture of the day" for November 24, 2005.As its title suggests, the painting is a representation of the first thanksgiving which was celebrated by:
- the first English colonists / settlers who arrived on the American continent on the one hand
- and on the other hand the Wampanoag Indians who helped them settle down in the wilderness.
Most of the setllers were Protestant separatists who had fled (to flee / fled / fled = fuir) religious persecution in England or were looking for better living conditions in the New World.
In 1620, they embarked on a ship called the Mayflower and arrived 66 days later on the Massachussets Bay to establish a colony at Plymouth. That's why those colonists were later called the Pilgrim Fathers.
B- DEVELOPMENT
1. Description of the elements
- In the foreground, I can see a large group of White English colonists / settlers assembled near their house, and some Indians. Apparently they are sharing a meal together;- In the background we can see the sea, it's probably the Atlantic Ocean where they travelled from England to The New World / the American continent on a ship called the Mayflower.
- On the right, there is a large table with plates, dishes, pots of drink and food.
- The general atmosphere is rather merry / gay / lighthearted and friendly, it is a time of sharing in peace and harmony.
2. Position of the characters and interpretation
As I can see, most of the English people are standing. It is a position of readiness because they need to be at ease to move about and greet the Indians whom they have invited.On the contrary, the Indians are sitting in front of them, on the left.
It may be their habit, but it also shows that they are not afraid or scared, just a little impressed maybe. They have come as friends and are ready to receive the English people's invitation and gratitude.
According to the historical reports, those Indians belonged to the Wampanoag tribe and were aware of the needs of the new comers when they arrived on their land. They brought with them one Indian in particular, called Squanto (a member of the Pawtuxet tribe) who helped them after the hardship of their first winter to settle down by showing them how to fish, hunt, grow plants (especially corn) and avoid poisonous plants in the wilderness.
The first successful harvest of the colonists gave them the opportunity to organize a celebratory feast with the Indians which lasted three days.
C- CONCLUSION: Meaning of the painting + My reaction
This painting shows a pleasant atmosphere between the two communities. It was painted to give a positive image of this first encounter, from the point of view of the settlers.Unfortunately, the future will show how those relationships will deteriorate and turn to mistrust, antagonism and harsh wars. Today this feast is still celebrated in America on the fourth Thursday of November, but many Indians refuse to consider that time as a joyous moment owing to the dark days that followed for their people.
I like this painting because the colours are rather bright and it shows a certain harmony. It's an idyllic picture of the past but it can also be taken as a hopeful representation of how we would like the wold to be, with peaceful relationships between all the communities.
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Your job:
The teacher will give you the picture of an artwork.Your task will be to analyse the visual document in the same way as practiced in class.
Don't forget to use the Present BE+ING for descriptions.
Follow the outline given in this study and use appropriate vocabulary (You can turn to the page on Space Indicators here).
Give your point of view on the picture: do you like it ? Why or why not?
You can also make comparisons with another piece of art.
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Rappel méthodologique et de Vocabulaire:
HOW TO PRESENT A VISUAL DOCUMENT
1. Nature of the document
- This document is / What we have here is :
a photograph / a painting / a cartoon / a drawing / a caricature / in colour / in black and white / an advert / a strip cartoon / a chart / a map / a poster / a snapshot / a book cover / a newspaper front page / a parody / a pastiche / a humorous picture / ...
2. Origin of the document
- We can say ... We can suppose ... We can imagine that ... it comes from / it was taken from / it appeared in/on:
a newspaper - a magazine - a website - a women's magazine called ___ - a business magazine.
- It appeared ... It dates from ___
- It is recent / not recent.
- We may suppose it appeared recently / long ago / ___ years ago.
3. Author
- It was made by a man / a woman / someone called ___
- This photo was taken by ___ / This was made by ___ / painted by ___ / created by ___
- The name of the artist is _____ / is not mentioned / does not appear.
- The name of the photographer / the cartoonist / the painter is ___
- He is (not) famous. I (don't) know him/her.
4. Description of the document (the explicit - what we can see)
Give a detailed description of what is represented as if you were speaking to someone who has never seen the artwork.Begin with the general information and then you can get into the details:
- It is a close-up / medium shot / long shot.
- It's a low angle shot / a high angle shot.
- The scene takes place :
in a home - in a bedroom - in a living-room - in a kitchen - in a bathroom - in a shop - in the street - in the country - in the desert - in the mountains ....- The setting is :
a school - a big city - a small village - the countryside - the moon - another planet - an imaginary world
familiar / unfamiliar - exceptional - typical ...- It takes place:
during the day - at night - in the summer - in the winter - ...
- It is composed of 2 / 3 parts / The comic strip is composed of 4 frames.
The general atmosphere
The general atmosphere is :
sad - romantic - funny - crazy - serious - ironical - mysterious - unusual - relaxed - tense - ordinary - sophisticated - friendly - ...
The characters:
number:
- There is only one person; a ___
gender:
male - female (one man - three men - one woman - four women)
age group:
child(ren) - teenager - adult - middle-aged - in his twenties - young / old
clothing:
a jacket - a skirt - a dress - a hat - trousers - a pair of jeans - a blue shirt ...
gestures / depicted action:
- (S)He is sitting / standing / lying...
- They are talking / running / fighting / playing / dancing / watching / smiling / begging / eating ...
- Some are ...ing / All are ...ing.
their mood(s)
aggressive - angry - annoyed - anxious - apathetic - arrogant - ashamed - bored - cautious - cheerful - cold - confident - confused - conscious - contemptuous - crazy - cross - cruel - curious - dangerous - depressed - determined - dirty - disappointed - disapproving - disgusted - dishonest - ecstatic - embarrassed - enraged - enthusiastic - envious - excited - exhausted - fearful - fed up - friendly - frightened - frustrated - funny - generous - greedy - guilty - happy - heartbroken - horrified - hostile - hot - hungry - hurt - hysterical - ill - indifferent - intelligent - interested - jealous - lazy - lonely - lost - lucky - mad - miserable - modest - mysterious - negative - nervous - optimistic - paranoid - peaceful - perplexed - pleased - prejudiced - proud - puzzled - quiet - regretful - relaxed - relieved - sad - satisfied - scared - sceptical - shocked - shy - sick - selfish - shocked - smart - smug - sorry - strange - strict - strong - stupid - surprised - suspicious - thirsty - thoughtful - tired - ugly - undecided - unhappy - upset - untidy - strong - violent - weak - well-dressed - worried
- I can see / It shows / It represents ...
- There is a ____ There are ____s
Space indicators:
- in the upper part / in the lower part- in front of / behind
- above / under
- close / far away
- at the top / at the bottom
- on the left / on the right
- in the foreground / in the background
- in the middle
- in the corner
- There is a text - no text - a title - a headline - a bubble - a caption - a slogan - a catch phrase - a logo - a sign - a note.
- There is a contrast between ___ and ___.
- There is a contrast in size / in colour / in numbers / ...
5. L'implicite (l'implicite - ce que le document donne à imaginer)
- The subject is ... / The topic is ... / This issue is topical.
- It relates:
an incident - an accident - an event - a fight - an argument - ...
- It tells a story: _____
- I suppose that ... / I think that ...
- We can conclude that ... / We can imagine that ... / We can infer that ... / We can deduce that ...
- It illustrates .... / It refers to ... / It is about ... / It deals with ...
- We can guess that ...
- The author suggests that ... / (S)he wants to show that ... / His-her aim is to ...
- (S)he criticizes ... / (S)he mocks ... / (S)he makes fun of ... / (S)he condemns .... / (S)he stresses ... / (S)he alludes to ...
- What (s)he means is that ...
- According to the author, ...
- The aim / the purpose of the artist is ... to entertain / to amuse / to convey values / to pass on a message / to shock / to surprise / ...
- The document raises the question / issue / problem of ...
- The message is: _____
- I can suggest a caption / a title.
- The ___ is a symbol: it symbolizes ____ / It represents ___ / It stands for ___
6. My reaction
- It looks as if ... / It seems that ... / My impression is that ... / I have the feeling that ... / I am under the impression that ...
- My first reaction was: desire /admiration / fear / surprise / pleasure / disgust ...
- I find this document _____ / I don't find this document _____ :
accurate / amusing / approppriate / artificial / attractive / banal / beautiful / brilliant / conventional / convincing / difficult / disgusting / disturbing / dull / effective / entertaining / exaggerated / excellent / fantastic / far-fetched / fascinating / fine / foolish / funny / good / great / inaccurate / incredible / interesting / intriguing / ironical / marvellous / modern / mysterious / nice / old-fashioned / original / provocative / puzzling / realistic / ridiculous / right / serious / shocking / strange / stupid / terrible / terrific / thought-provoking / threatening / topical / true / uninteresting / unpleasant / unusual / wonderful / wrong
- My feeling is that this is very well-done in that ...
- We can identify with the ___.
- What I find _____ is ...
- What I find the most _____ is ....
- What I like about this document is ___ / is the fact that ....
- What I don't like about this document is its _____
- What strikes me the most is ...
- I feel concerned / I don't feel concerned.
- I feel moved / irritated / puzzled / ...
- It makes me think of ...
- It reminds me of a film / a book / a text / an article / another document ...
- I remember a similar document we studied in class: it was ...
- It looks like ...
- It evokes the question of ...
- In my opinion, ... / To my mind, ... / I would say that ... / To conclude ... / To sum up ...
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