My chosen provocative picture: http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20120521,00.html
The images you encounter in the media are kinds of texts. They have a
message and a purpose. When you analyze an image you try to establish what
possible messages and purposes are being conveyed. Just like a word, a picture
can have a denotative meaning (a literal, factual meaning), as well as a
connotative meaning (how the picture’s meaning might be interpreted).
Denotative
Description:
1. Image Type: What kind of image is it? (is it a photograph, a painting, a drawing, a still shot from a video)
2. People: What are the people doing in the image? How are they dressed? What kinds of facts can you find out about them?
3. Setting: What kind of time and place is depicted in the image? How is it depicted?
4. Composition: Does the image have perspective (can you see depth in the image)? What kind of a perspective is used (is it eye-level? bird’s eye view? from the ground looking up?) Has the image been cropped or cut in any way? What is in the centre of the image? What is in the background? What can we see along the sides?
1. Image Type: What kind of image is it? (is it a photograph, a painting, a drawing, a still shot from a video)
2. People: What are the people doing in the image? How are they dressed? What kinds of facts can you find out about them?
3. Setting: What kind of time and place is depicted in the image? How is it depicted?
4. Composition: Does the image have perspective (can you see depth in the image)? What kind of a perspective is used (is it eye-level? bird’s eye view? from the ground looking up?) Has the image been cropped or cut in any way? What is in the centre of the image? What is in the background? What can we see along the sides?
Connotative
Analysis:
Interpret the Image:
TONE: What sort of tone, mood or atmosphere does the image convey? What sort of feeling do you get when you view the image? How is this tone, atmosphere or mood created?
RELATIONSHIPS: How do the people in the image relate to each other? What can you learn from their facial expressions and body language?
SETTING: Does the time and place give any more specific information about the image?
WHAT IS NOT SEEN: What is happening outside the frames of the image? Does this have any bearing on what you see happening in the image?
TIME: When do you think this image was captured? What can we learn about this moment in time from the image?
MESSAGE: What do you think the photographer or artist is trying to tell us with this image? What is the theme or lesson this image is trying to convey?
Interpret the Image:
TONE: What sort of tone, mood or atmosphere does the image convey? What sort of feeling do you get when you view the image? How is this tone, atmosphere or mood created?
RELATIONSHIPS: How do the people in the image relate to each other? What can you learn from their facial expressions and body language?
SETTING: Does the time and place give any more specific information about the image?
WHAT IS NOT SEEN: What is happening outside the frames of the image? Does this have any bearing on what you see happening in the image?
TIME: When do you think this image was captured? What can we learn about this moment in time from the image?
MESSAGE: What do you think the photographer or artist is trying to tell us with this image? What is the theme or lesson this image is trying to convey?
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