Visual Analysis of a Photograph from a Television Drama: Big Love
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Professor David Blumenkrantz
Journalism 250
14 March 2013
Visual Analysis of a Photograph from a Television Drama: Big Love
1. Inventory
Four white adults, three women and one man, are sitting on the bed. They are all naked, but they cover their body with the same quilt. All adults look at the camera directly. One woman has golden hair, while others have black hair. The man is strong with a lot of muscles. In the background of the photograph, there are two lamps with green stands separately. One is on the left desk, and another is on the right desk. Moreover, there is a flowery wall behind the bed.
2. Composition The camera angle is direct in the horizontal view, and the photographer is presumably standing at eye level with four adults. All of them are in the center of the frame, but there is only limited space on its four sides. According to the gestalt law of similarity, three women are grouped separately from the man because of different biological sex. Or else, the woman with golden hair is grouped separated because of different color in her hair. Since all adults appear to be on the same horizontal plane, their proximity is identical, and the sensation of depth is reduced (Lester 46). Furthermore, the two separate lamps that are only shown in half of its image can be imagined as their shape continues to the left or to the right. The law of common fate is not applicable to this photograph because all adults look in the same direction.
3. Visual Cues The photograph is colorful, but with limited types of color because the white color of the quilt occupies most space of the frame. In the form of the image, there are a myriad of dots in the bed heads, and the shape of flowers on the wall is irregular. For the depth, the image also provides the stark contrast between subjects and the background since the light intensity of four adults is stronger than that of the flowery wall. Besides, because the man exposes his nipples without covering with the
Professor David Blumenkrantz
Journalism 250
14 March 2013
Visual Analysis of a Photograph from a Television Drama: Big Love
1. Inventory
Four white adults, three women and one man, are sitting on the bed. They are all naked, but they cover their body with the same quilt. All adults look at the camera directly. One woman has golden hair, while others have black hair. The man is strong with a lot of muscles. In the background of the photograph, there are two lamps with green stands separately. One is on the left desk, and another is on the right desk. Moreover, there is a flowery wall behind the bed.
2. Composition The camera angle is direct in the horizontal view, and the photographer is presumably standing at eye level with four adults. All of them are in the center of the frame, but there is only limited space on its four sides. According to the gestalt law of similarity, three women are grouped separately from the man because of different biological sex. Or else, the woman with golden hair is grouped separated because of different color in her hair. Since all adults appear to be on the same horizontal plane, their proximity is identical, and the sensation of depth is reduced (Lester 46). Furthermore, the two separate lamps that are only shown in half of its image can be imagined as their shape continues to the left or to the right. The law of common fate is not applicable to this photograph because all adults look in the same direction.
3. Visual Cues The photograph is colorful, but with limited types of color because the white color of the quilt occupies most space of the frame. In the form of the image, there are a myriad of dots in the bed heads, and the shape of flowers on the wall is irregular. For the depth, the image also provides the stark contrast between subjects and the background since the light intensity of four adults is stronger than that of the flowery wall. Besides, because the man exposes his nipples without covering with the