APColleen

media type="custom" key="4772911" The background, pictures, and text that were chosen for my Mixbook work together so that the audience of animal lovers can understand the meaning of deception by this humorous but shocking representation. I chose the concept of deception for my visual and verbal representation after browsing through photos on my computer. While looking through all of the pictures that I had taken over the years, I came across a picture of the disaster that my two cats had created one day this past summer. My cats had decided that it would be fun to knock vases, glass dishes, trophies, and a piano lamp off of the top of my piano. The picture shown at the top of my Mixbook depicts the unfortunate result of my cats’ actions. This picture should create a tone of shock for the audience because, as animal lovers, they often believe that animals can do no wrong. The two pictures that are shown at the bottom of my Mixbook are of my cats. These cats appear like they could never do anything naughty; but, as people always say, looks are deceiving. The pictures of my seemingly innocent cats introduce some humor into my presentation. In written form on the bottom of my Mixbook page, the verbal explanation of the message that the pictures convey is found. It states that people should never underestimate what seemingly innocent animals, such as cats, can do. The paint splatter background behind the text and pictures is relevant to the theme because it illustrates another type of surprising mess that can be made. The audience, being animal lovers, should have seen the Disney movie //The Artistocats// before, and there is a scene in that movie where the cats squeeze paint all over each other and the furniture. After viewing that scene in the movie, the audience is shocked, but they think that it is funny to see adorable cats making such a mess. This idea helps to connect the background to the message being conveyed by the pictures and words creating an overall successful representation of the idea of deception.

Works Cited Sideck, Colleen M. //Cats.// 2009. 6 Nov. 2009.