Blogger of the week - The Red Tree

The Red Tree

Hi 7J bloggers this term we will be studying picture books and visual techniques one of the books we will be learning this term is The Red Tree by Shaun Tan. Shaun Tan was born in 1974. He has written various picture books including: The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival. He has also worked as a Concept Artist for the movies Horton Hears A Who and WALL-E.

The Red Tree

The Red Tree is inspired by the impulse of children and adults alike to describe feelings using metaphor - monsters, storms, sunshine, and rainbows and so on.

There are many visual techniques we are learning but I will just name four of them

Colour- used to express emotion e.g. red generally being related to anger/danger

Facial expression-suggest state of mind or emotions being felt.

Framing – the way images are separated on the page.

Juxtaposition- positioning different images side by side e.g. a sun and a dark cloud

We hope to learn more about picture books and visual techniques JJJ

Thank you Mrs. Joyce

BY KAVITA

Thank you Kavita.

Links: 

Shaun Tan website: www.shauntan.com

The Red Tree video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrmMFFpKxgw