Moodboards and references

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Reading a reference properly

Lesson 5 of 10 in Moodboards and references.

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Most people use references without reading them. They like the picture, they put it on a board, and the crew tries to reproduce a feeling nobody has analysed.

An ink drawing of a hand drawing red arrows and lines on tracing paper laid over a photograph of a man by a window.
Taking a reference apart on tracing paper to see why it works.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Working out what an image is actually doing, rather than that you like it.”

    • Studio library
    • Rights record
    • Reference
    • Reading
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Separating light, composition, colour, casting and treatment so each can be borrowed alone.”

    • Decomposition
    • Second direction
    • Structural reference
    • Identity reference
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The one thing making the picture work. Usually not the thing you first noticed.”

    • Attribution
    • Tag
    • The actual reason
    • Reading

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