Monday, 14 November 2011

Interactive Media


  • Literal- A flash character (a wizard) with outstretched arms as if casting a spell
  • Abstract- The character pertrudes the picture as if casting a spell
  • Cultural- this is 'Magical Trevor', an internet famous satiical character from a web series on 'Weeblstuff', his character is generally loved just for being one of those 'Eddie the eagle' types of people who try hard but dont do much impressive.


  • Literal- A web browser, Google website
  • Abstract- The search bar is a place for opportunity and many outcomes, this picture may caue someone to investigate all of its aspects
  • Cultural- Possibly the biggest search engine and website of our time, Google is usually a homepage as it takes you to many websites from a search, it acts like a gateway, so even a picture of this comes with all of the baggage as it has become iconic



  • Literal- Some sort of motocross game with the title (title screen)
  • Abstract- May intruigue the viewer to find out about the game
  • Cultural- A lesser known game but a well know format, a 'Tea games' creation


  • Literal- A screenshot of google earth software
  • Abstract- Informative, shows the aspects of the software and capabilities
  • Cultural- This is a very well used piece of software as it is hi-tech and available to map the world and plan routes and directions



  • Literal- two men interacting with 'Xbox kinex', Propaganda image for interactive tech
  • Abstract- Friendly competition, advertising the interactivity between character models and physical people
  • Cultural- A fairly new technology in which you can control characters with just your motions, this informs the basic principles



  • Literal- Box art for a N64 game including many Nintendo characters such as Mario
  • Abstract- The purpose of the image is to advertise in the same principle as a book cover, the eye is drawn to the word 'smash', this links the overal theme and feel of the game
  • Cultural- This is exciting for Nintendo fans as it was the 1st to incorporate so many characters from different games, also its a great game and is satisfying to set them against eachother in an arcade fashion.

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