Visual Storytelling: Don’t Show Everything
" Dalli Klick " was a legendary television game in Germany that achieved cult status. Part of the popular quiz show Dalli Dalli, hosted by Hans Rosenthal from 1971 to 1986, the game challenged contestants to identify an image from a tiny visible fragment. Piece by piece, more of the picture was revealed until someone recognized the motif and correctly guessed what it was. A simple concept—but one that delivered tremendous fun for audiences of all ages. Our ability to complete incomplete images, known as “ filling in ", is a fundamental aspect of our visual intelligence. We can use our internal visual database to supply missing information and mentally complete pictures—even when the final piece of the puzzle is missing. The Power of Imagination: Filling In A commercial produced for a Japanese children's foundation uses the phenomenon of filling in in a deeply moving way. A young boy draws only with black crayons. His parents are distraught. Teachers, doctors, and p...
