ENGL 1301 Visual Analysis Outline Assignment

Instructions: Following the example of Dr. Nelson in the Visual Analysis Outline
Demo video, organize your analysis of the visual components and rhetorical situation
of your visual text. Complete each chart with information from your visual analysis
notes worksheet in order to plot what you need to discuss in each section of your
essay.

Section 1: Introduction

a. Identify the visual text, its genre, and relevant facts about the context of its
production:
Visual Text. Bohemian Rhapsody

Genre. Movie poster

Author. not mentioned

Audience. Queen fans, classmates and teacher

Date not mentioned

b. Provide a brief, summative description of the visual text:

Description. In the illustration there’s a silhouette of a
man holding a microphone in a big stadium. This gives
the meaning that the movie is going to be about the
history of that man and that he is very famous.

c. Identify (1) what message the visual text seeks to convey and (2) how the visual
text’s design components help it convey this message (this will be your
controlling idea):
Controlling Idea What: That the singer is very famous

The movie poster is for people to know that the movie How: Because the description of the image
is about an icon

Section 2: Body Paragraph 1

 a. Describe the main point for body paragraph #1 that helps you prove your
controlling idea (visual element + message):
Point 1 The movie poster visual description

b. Identify the specific evidence from the visual text that supports the above point:
Described Evidence 1 The silhouette of a man holding a
microphone

c. Explain how the specific evidence supports the above point:

Explanation 1 This gives the meaning that he was a singer

Section 3: Body Paragraph 2

a. Describe the main point for body paragraph #2 that helps you prove your
controlling idea (visual element + message):
Point 2. Meaning that the movie poster gives the audience

b. Identify the specific evidence from the visual text that supports the above point:
Described Evidence 2 In the description, it was mentioned
that there was a big stadium

c. Explain how the specific evidence supports the above point:

Explanation 2 The meaning people can take from this is
that he was very famous

Section 4: Body Paragraph 3

a. Describe the main point for body paragraph #3 that helps you prove your
controlling idea (visual element + message):
Point 3. Why the author decided to specifically used this
visual elements for the poster
 b. Identify the specific evidence from the visual text that supports the above point:
Described Evidence 3. This is a scene in the movie where
he’s in one of the most historical moments of the band

c. Explain how the specific evidence supports the above point:

Explanation 3 He used this color and exactly this moment
to give away to people that the band was iconic

Section 5: Conclusion

a. Reiterate (1) what message the visual text seeks to convey and (2) how the visual
text’s design components help it convey this message:
Controlling Idea What:

The visual elements and the reasons why the author How:
used this visual elements

b. Describe why your insight about how the author uses visual components to
convey the message is important / significant:
Importance. Most people would likely take the same
message as i took out of this poster

c. Describe what readers should do with this knowledge:

Implications. Decide if they should go watch the movie