Roswell Book Introduction

How modes work

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• These units of expression can occur in many forms.
• Modes work together in many instances.
• For example, visual modes and sound modes come together in film.
• Modes shift all the time.
• Modes go through a process of transduction or transformation.

Areas of design

Design makes people arrange modes in certain ways to gain specific meaning.

Six areas of design

• Linguistic
• Visual
• Audio
• Gestural
• Spatial

6. Multimodal

What I learned

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• I understand the concept of modes working together more.
• I see how design influences how audiences view modes.
• Students should be able to express themselves in different modes at school.
• Modes can be international.