Comments on: Picture perfect http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/01/27/92/ Nikki's E-Learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jen Ross http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/01/27/92/#comment-40 Jen Ross Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:10:18 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=92#comment-40 Candace, I had a totally different mental map of Pleasantville and its relationship with colour, but you're right! Candace, I had a totally different mental map of Pleasantville and its relationship with colour, but you’re right!

]]> By: Candace Nolan-Grant http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/01/27/92/#comment-20 Candace Nolan-Grant Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:58:05 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=92#comment-20 This made me think of how, in working with print publications, colour always = cost. Digitally, this just doesn't matter anymore...unless you use the wrong colours! Interesting you mentioned Pleasantville Jen--isn't it all black-and-white until they start being...Freudian? : ) This made me think of how, in working with print publications, colour always = cost. Digitally, this just doesn’t matter anymore…unless you use the wrong colours!

Interesting you mentioned Pleasantville Jen–isn’t it all black-and-white until they start being…Freudian? : )

]]> By: Jen Ross http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/01/27/92/#comment-18 Jen Ross Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:47:43 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=92#comment-18 Very fine visual analysis, here, Nikki - nicely done. Pastels have certainly become visual shorthand for safety and familiarity, and things at so-called 'human scale'. However, the suburban and its palette have other connotations, too, not so positive. I'm thinking about (for example) the films Pleasantville and The Truman Show. Did you see Steph's 'rural cyberpunk' post? recommended! http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/01/27/rural-cowboy/ Very fine visual analysis, here, Nikki – nicely done. Pastels have certainly become visual shorthand for safety and familiarity, and things at so-called ‘human scale’. However, the suburban and its palette have other connotations, too, not so positive. I’m thinking about (for example) the films Pleasantville and The Truman Show.

Did you see Steph’s ‘rural cyberpunk’ post? recommended! http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/01/27/rural-cowboy/

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