Monday, November 29, 2010

angles, framing, and gaze

gaze: direct
framing: public
angles: low angle, frontal angle.

in this picture we can see that the represented participant gaze directly at us from above. this picture is showing her power, and authority, and also how we feel some sort of involvement with this picture due to the frontal angle that being used.










gaze: indirect
framing: public
angles: oblique, high angle.

in this picture we can see that the represented participant gaze indirectly at us from below. this picture is showing her lower status and her weakness, and also how we feel uncomfortable with the indirect gaze in this picture. and also the oblique angle makes the some sort of detachment lingering in our mind from this picture, on how different the situation are between the life we have and the life of the represented participant in this picture

2 comments:

  1. oh, a terrible picture, how did u find that? But the other hand, i think it is not a high angle, like middle?

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  2. well I found it from the "anti child abuse" campaign, just google it Suz.
    I think it's a high angle, due to the fact that it's taken by a person taller than the object, eventhough it's not taken in an extreme high angle:D

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