VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING

Federica RIBERA VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING

0312200116
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
EQF6
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
2023/2024



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2019
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
640LESSONS
Objectives
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: KNOW THE BASIC METHODOLOGIES OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING; PRESIDE
OVER THE RELEVANT GUIDING PRINCIPLES; UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTERISTICS AND POTENTIAL OF THE TOOLS OF VISUAL
COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND
ADVERTISING.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP ANALYTICAL AND ARGUMENTATIVE SKILLS, THE ABILITY TO MAKE EVALUATIONS AND DISTINCTIONS FOR
THE CORRECT AND EFFECTIVE USE OF PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION
AND ADVERTISING AND TO JUSTIFY THE METHODOLOGICAL CHOICES AND SUPPORTING TOOLS.
Prerequisites
NO PREVIOUS EXAM IS PROPAEDEUTIC.
Contents
- INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE AND CLARIFICATION OF TERMS (2 HOURS LECTURE)
- HISTORY OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION: THE BEGINNINGS OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION; THE 19TH CENTURY; THE 20TH
CENTURY; VISUAL COMMUNICATION FROM 2000 TO THE PRESENT (9 HOURS LECTURE).
- BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN: CONCEPTS OF TYPEFACE, COLOR, CONTRAST, NEGATIVE SPACE,
LAYOUT, COMPOSITION AND HIERARCHY, (3 HOURS LECTURE, 2 TUTORIAL).
- ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF ADVERTISING (2 HOURS LECTURE).
- STRATEGIES AND LANGUAGES OF COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATION AND THE ROLE OF IMAGE IN THE MESSAGE
ADVERTISING (3 HOURS LECTURE).
- THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENCY IN BRANDING: DESIGNING A VISUAL IDENTITY SYSTEM (2 HOURS LECTURE, 2 HOURS EXERCISE).
- PROJECT WORK IN VISUAL DESIGN AND REBRANDING (15 HOURS EXERCISE)
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING INCLUDES THEORETICAL LECTURES AND CLASSROOM EXERCISES. THE LECTURES AIM AT ACQUIRING BASIC
NOTIONS OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND AT FACILITATING THE ACQUISITION OF FUNDAMENTAL METHODOLOGIES TO DEAL
WITH THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR ANALYSIS PHASES AND THUS THE CONCEPTION OF THE RELEVANT DESIGN PROJECT PROPOSAL,
CONSIDERING THE HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT AND CURRENT TRENDS. IN THE EXERCISES THE STUDENTS, DIVIDED
INTO WORK GROUPS, ARE ASSIGNED A VISUAL COMMUNICATION THEME TO BE DEVELOPED THROUGH APPROPRIATE
METHODOLOGICAL, THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TOOLS.

THE STUDENTS, ORGANIZED IN DESIGN TEAMS, WILL ADDRESS, DURING THE GUIDED PROJECT EXPERIENCE, ISSUES RELATED TO
THE MOST RECENT LANGUAGES AND TECHNIQUES OF INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION, EXPLORING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION MEDIA USED BY ADVERTISING AND THE DESIGN STRATEGIES OF COMMUNICATION AND BRANDING
CAMPAIGNS. CLASS ATTENDANCE IS NOT COMPULSORY.
Verification of learning
THE EXAMINATION IS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO HAVE LEARNED THE CONTENT
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE COURSE. THE GRADE, EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS WITH POSSIBLE HONORS, WILL DEPEND ON THE MATURITY ACQUIRED
IN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPOSITION. IT WILL BE ASCERTAINED THROUGH AN ORAL INTERVIEW AIMED AT ASCERTAINING
THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION ABILITY ACHIEVED BY THE STUDENT ON THE CONTENTS OF THE TEACHING,
AS WELL AS TO VERIFY THE ABILITY TO EXPOSITION, RESORTING TO THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO
AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION OF EXPOSITION.
THE INTERVIEW CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS, A) AND B).
PART A) PROPOSES THEORY QUESTIONS ON ALL COURSE TOPICS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
RECOMMENDED, AS WELL AS ON THE WORKSHOPS AND ANY SEMINARS CONDUCTED.
PART B) PROPOSES DISCUSSION OF THE YEAR'S EXERCISE PAPERS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO
TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE ORIGINAL USE OF IMAGES, COLORS, TYPOGRAPHY AND LAYOUT.
FOR THE MAXIMUM GRADE, THE STUDENT MUST DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO CRITICALLY ELABORATE THE COURSE CONTENT, WITH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS, SUPPORTED BY THE QUALITY OF THE EXERCISE PAPER. THE MINIMUM GRADE IS ASSIGNED TO BASIC KNOWLEDGE.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF HONORS, CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO:
- THE QUALITY OF THE EXPOSITION, IN TERMS OF THE USE OF APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE
- THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT EXERCISE PAPERS
- THE ABILITY TO CROSS-CORRELATE THE VARIOUS TOPICS OF THE COURSE
- OF THE AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT DEMONSTRATED.
Texts
IN ADDITION TO THE LECTURE NOTES, THE USE OF THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TEXTS IS RECOMMENDED:
J. MÜLLER, THE HISTORY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN: 1890 – TODAY. TASCHEN
S. POLANO, ABECEDARIO. LA GRAFICA DEL NOVECENTO. EDIZ. ILLUSTRATA, 2002
B. MUNARI, DESIGN E COMUNICAZIONE VISIVA. ROMA-BARI: LATERZA, 1968
R. FALCINELLI, FILOSOFIA DEL GRAPHIC DESIGN, EINAUDI, 2022
R. FALCINELLI, CRITICA PORTATILE AL VISUAL DESIGN. DA GUTENBERG AI SOCIAL NETWORK, EINAUDI, 2014
R. FALCINELLI, FIGURE. COME FUNZIONANO LE IMMAGINI DAL RINASCIMENTO A INSTAGRAM, EINAUDI, 2020
R. FALCINELLI, CROMORAMA. COME IL COLORE HA CAMBIATO IL NOSTRO SGUARDO, EINAUDI, 2017
G. AMBROSE, P. HARRIS , IL MANUALE DEL GRAPHIC DESIGN. PROGETTAZIONE E PRODUZIONE, BOLOGNA,
ZANICHELLI, 2009
M. SPERA, ABECEDARIO DEL GRAFICO. LA PROGETTAZIONE TRA CREATIVITÀ E SCIENZA, ROMA, GANGEMI EDITORE, 2005,
C. VINTI, GRAFICA ITALIANA DAL 1945 A OGGI, GIUNTI EDITORE, 2016
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