tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post467304207550017133..comments2024-03-22T14:44:41.519+00:00Comments on Checking On My Sausages: Words as Visual StorytellersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-6856656613780634002011-10-25T10:29:17.807+01:002011-10-25T10:29:17.807+01:00"Lucas zooms into displays of numbers and let..."Lucas zooms into displays of numbers and letters at key points of the film, going so close that they become abstract objects, devoid of meaning themselves, signage lost in a dystopian world."<br /><br />That's interesting. Not an example in the same vein as the ones I've posted here but one that does indeed use letters as tools for communicating visually beyond simple plot points (i.e. telling us where we are in a Bond film).Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-83356710813464576422011-10-25T06:40:54.406+01:002011-10-25T06:40:54.406+01:00I've stayed away from here because I've be...I've stayed away from here because I've been trying to think of examples other than my usual suspects, but unfortunately my depth of knowledge is rather shallow here. There's a bit of this sort of thing in "THX 1138", though on a limited scale-- Lucas zooms into displays of numbers and letters at key points of the film, going so close that they become abstract objects, devoid of meaning themselves, signage lost in a dystopian world. The best examples I can think of come from "Evangelion", where all those military units labeled with United Nations and Identification cards summed up as the abbreviations UN and ID take on a distinctly sychological air, especially with the name of the organization NERV.Bob Clarkhttp://www.designersdilemma.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com