Use the universal language of visual imagery to reach worldwide audiences.

Symbols • Images • Codes by Pamela Jaye Smith is an accessible collection of visual images in a wide range of categories that will help you express your message through the most powerful medium in existence.

Whatever your genre or style, enhance your media product with the proven power of symbols, images, and codes.

• Visuals cross all boundaries: language, geography, culture, age, gender, income, and interests.
• From blockbuster spectacles to sensitive art films, from MMORPGs to political campaigns, visuals help tell and sell your story.
• Explanations from myth, history, and media – plus image examples – give you a working knowledge of the secret symbolic language used in media.
• The book's index offers an easy way to look up various images for different emotions, concepts, and events.

What people say:

"Symbols isn’t just a book — it's a veritable treasure map through the complex (and often perilous) terrain of visual media. Ms. Smith doesn't just illuminate the mythological and symbolic construction of the films she cites, she literally unlocks them, offering readers a chance to be up close and personal inside the nooks and crannies of cinematic imagery with often shocking intimacy. In short, she breaks down the visual iconography in Symbols to the point where it feels as primal, vivid, and basic as Plato’s ancient cave wall. And what a wall it is...." — Mike Restaino, Director, Better Than Crazy; Editor-in-Chief, DVDFile

"Pamela Smith does it again! From her excellent book on chakras to The Power of the Dark Side and now this wonderful resource on symbols, she has the gift of translating the esoteric into the practical. Practical tools for today — for writers, artists, and content creators wishing for a more conscious creativity to imbue deeper meaning in their work and creations. Bravo, Pamela! A must for everyone’s library." — Kate McCallum, Writer and Producer, Founder of c3: Center for Conscious Creativity

About the Author:

Pamela Jaye Smith is a writer, international consultant and speaker, and award-winning producer/director with over 30 years experience in features, TV, music videos, commercials, documentaries, corporate, and military films. She has 8 years formal training in Comparative Mysticism, was in a military think-tank during the Bill Clinton years, and is a Master Mason in a co-ed Lodge.