1. AmeliaPatchett
Band/Artist Analysis
In thispicture of Ed Sheeran,the use of thirdsisusedas hiseyesare in line withthe firstlandscape line
and thenitshisbodyin the secondbox goingdownandfinallythe guitar.Goingfromlefttoright,inthe
firstthirditsjust hisarm and guitarinthe secondone itshowshisheadlookingdownandmore of the
guitarand lastlyitjustshowsbalnkspace withthe tipof the guitar.This couldrepresentthatwiththe
guitar,it can coverall aspectsof hislife eventhoughhe mightbe holdingbackonsome parts.He has a
spotlightonhimsuggestinghe isnormallyinthe limelightwithhiscareer.Aswellasthat,thisshowsa
mediumshotinwhichcase letshimexpresshimself throughhisbodyandobjectwhich iswhyhe could
drop hisheadas itdoesn’tneedtobe shown.However,byhimdroppinghisheaditcouldalsomean
that he couldbe hidingsomething.The blue shirtrepresentsthe stereotypical colourof amale which
highlightshismasculinity.Anotherthingthathighlightsthis wouldbe thathe purposelyputhistatoos
on show.Butthiscouldalso be a way that he isexpressinghimself ratherthansayingit,he’sshowingin
thispicture that he speaksoutthroughhistatoos and musicinstead.
In thisimage,Beyoncé isphotographedinan informal way
but balancedoutthroughthe picture as mostof herface is
on the rightof the picture yetherhair fillsinquite alotof
the right side because itisquite thick makingthe rightside
seemmore lopsided.The use of sepiawhichaddsalook of
blackand white makesitseemsimpleandelegant.Also
portrayingthatthere mightbe two sidestohera darker
side anda lightone thatall people usuallysee.The shot
takenisa close upas you can onlysee herneckand head
thisallowsherto glam up herphotousingsparkly
jewellerytomake herstandoutmore as she can’tuse her
bodyand clothingasan objectof projectiontothe viewer.
Her facial expressionandthe wayhereyeswonderbehind
the lenseswithherlipsopenmake useagertofindout
whatshe’sactuallylookingat, asthisimage seemstohave
caught herbefore she wasaboutto say something.
However,the blackandwhite alsomake herlookmore
natural as you can’t reallysee the make uponher face
otherthan herboldglossylipstick andlong,flattering
eyelashesinwhichmakesherlookflawless.Furthermore,
the image has herphotographedinIndirectAddress,
indicatingthatshe islookingatsomethingorsomeone
whichgivesascene of narrative tothe readeras to whoor
whatshe islookingat.
2. AmeliaPatchett
Thisis a symmetrical picture of the bandThe Piercesinwhich the picture cansplitstraightdownthe
middle andeitherside wouldbe the same astheyare both inblack,theyare bothlookingdownwiththeir
eyesandtheybothhave theirarms downby theirside therefore makingitsymmetrical.The white,
shadowedbackgroundsuggeststhattheyare more or lesspure buthave some past thattheycan’t get rid
of,in whichcouldbe portrayedthroughtheirsongs. Thiscouldalsobe representedbytheirgothic
clothingwhichcontraststotheirpale skin.However,theyalso lookdangerousbythe thickeyelineron
theireyesemphasisingthe darkside tothemand highlightingthatthey’re notjustthe simple nice girls
and maybe they’re nottobe messedwith. However, itcouldjustmeansimplicityastheyaren’treally
posingor wearinganyglitteryjewellerylikeinpicturesof Beyoncé. The lace onthe arms couldact quite
sexyandportray themthat waywhichopensupto male listeners.
Thisportrait of Sam Smithisalsoin blackand white andisa
close upshot. However, onlyhalf of hisface isinthe light
therefore leavingthe otherside inthe dark.Thiscouldsignify
that he has onlyshowedushalf of whathe can do inhiscareer
and has the potential formore greatthings.He islookingupto
the corner pastthe camerawitha concentratedeye.He looks
focusedandhopeful asif he’sjustlookedupfromprayingin
whichyouwouldgetthat ideabecause of the earingcrossin his
ear, representinghisbeliefs.The picture doesn’tshow much
otherthan hisface and that helookssmart as to whatwe can
see of hisclothing.Iwouldsaythat thispicture isbaseduponan
informal symmetrical settingasthe rightside of hisface ismore
inthe lightandshownratherthan the leftside.Inaddition,the
use of IndirectAddressalsoworkshere ashe isgazingpast the
camera andinto the distance;makingthe readerwanttoknow
whoor what he is lookingat.
3. AmeliaPatchett
Thislongshot of the bandthe 5 Secondsof Summeralsouses inan informallybalanced layoutas
theyare all sat downandstereosare also behindall of them,howeverthe thirdone hashislegs
out andtheyall have theirarms positioneddifferently, aswell asthe firstpersonnotactually
lookingatthe camera. Eventhoughtheyall have a bitof blackon (whichmayshow theirdark
side) theyalsohave theirownstyles.Forexample the firstpersonhastotallydifferenthair
comparedto all the rest as itrepresentshimandthe genre of rock whereastheyotherslike to
keepitplainandsimple.Aswell asthat,theyemphasisethattheyall cope tothingsdifferentlyby
howcomfortable theyare byhowtheyall sit and pose infrontof the camera whichcouldcome
downto confidence.The coloursare quite plainandmodernsuchasthe black,white,maroon,
and oak colourswhichrepresentthattheycanbe simple eventhoughtheyare apart of a
rock/indie type of genre inwhichyouwouldsee themasquite exaggeratingwiththe typesof
clothestheyweartherefore itchallengesthe stereotype of rock/indie. Thisimage relatestothe
genre of pop rock due to the differentstereosbehindthemwhichcreatesthe genre of different
rock ages.As well asthat,the wacky hairand dark makeupforthe man on the far leftrepresents
the stereotypical representationof rock.Inaddition,the typesof clothingandpositionof =how
theyare sat downrepresentsmore of apopgenre as the clothesaren’theavilydarkandthey
aren’tdoinganytypical rock posesforthe picture.
