When I approached this task, I used emojis to convey meaning while adding extra context to the title with more emojis. The show I chose has a long and complex synopsis, so I opted to focus on its overarching themes to see if others could gather information from them. I found myself getting frustrated when an emoji I was searching for, or even one I had selected, didn’t help me express what I wanted. For such a short show description, I spent a bit too long on it, just searching for the correct items I needed.

When reading through Kress (2005), I liked what was addressed about the use of depiction in comparison to words. Showing through images and creating an experience for the viewer, letting them be in the experience rather than being limited to the syntax of words, was something that stood out to me. The view is seeing the images and experiencing the path the images brought them down.

I showed this synopsis and title to a few people who have and have not watched the show. Those who have watched it understood some of the more abstract references, whereas those who did not were very confused and struggled more, or offered up incorrect guesses, showing how context for images,s specifically in this context, may need more learned experience from the viewer when being seen and experienced.

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