Monday 10 November 2008

Image Analysis


Image Analysis
At the start of the course, we learnt how to analyse our pictures. To analyse your pictures you need to know how to describe the connotations, things that link to what is within the picture. Also, denotations, what is in the picture. Finally, mise en scene of the image, which is what is in the background. For example, the image below has denotations of a big group of boys and girls standing on the stairs and celebrating their GCSE results. The connotations of the image are that everyone is smiling which indicates happiness and joy. The mise en scene of the picture is that it was taken in the playground, the sun is shining and there is a lot of greenery, which is significant because the school’s colour and theme is green. It is important to know how to analyse pictures because there are inner meanings within images.

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