07 The Narrative Armature

1. On page 29, McCloud talks about how when we simplify a face it still registers as being just as "real" as a a direct copy of a face.  Why is that without all the details it still seems real to us?

2.  Icon and symbol are often used interchangeably but are they actually separate things?  McCloud classified icon as meaning any image used to represent a person, place, thing, or idea.  Would you agree with this?

3. "The storyboard determines the sequence of shots to be taken for a film."  Do you think that architects do something similar to this during the design process?

4. Davids talks about montage.  He says that "montage is characterized by the unusual: a collage of seemingly unrelated shots run in sequence for dramatic effect."  Do you think that something like this can be used in architecture and benefit a presentation or would it be harmful to the presentation?