Different emotion from photographs
200902928 Chaemin Im / EIT
Emotions given by photographs are very diverse. People might feel sad, serious or happy while they see photographs. What makes them feel differently? It can be composition, light and a mood of photographs. Here are two photographs of children, which give a totally different emotion. One is called "Village School" and the other is called "Children's Puppet Theatre".
In the Village School photograph, you can notice that there may be something that forces children to look gloomy. The photograph entirely gives a sense of stillness. There is no movement and no smile on the children's face. In addition, only the children's faces are bright. It looks like the photographer wanted to highlight the faces because except the faces, everything looks dark. The children are staring at one point and I think they are looking at the camera. The closest boy looks very scared and the others also look serious. They look like prisoners in a dark jail.
In the Children's Puppet Theatre photographs, the children look very different from that of Village School. They show expressions on their face and the expressions are vivid. We can notice how the children feel in a situation of the photograph by the girl in the left side looks very surprised at what she is looking at. Even in the right side, the boy is putting his hands over his ears. We can imagine that there might be something that makes them frightened. The entire atmosphere feels active but it seems that the photographer tried to describe the expressions of children.
The main center of interest of both two photographs is the same. However, they feel very different. The first one was taken in the somber place and because of that, the entire atmosphere is cheerless. The children, main interest, also look serious and some of them look angry. On the other hand, the other photograph has a totally different mood. It shows the expression on the children's faces vividly and the mood is fully bright. In addition, the photograph makes people who see it know how the children feel.
A photograph can look different according to various elements such as light, composition and a mood and the difference makes people who see the photograph have diverse emotions. It is possible that a gloomy mood of a photograph can make people who see it feel down. Therefore, the emotions given by photographs are very diverse and people can have different emotions even though they see the same picture.
1. I like the fact that you tried to guess what the photographers’ intentions were in taking such photos. Although it is only a guess, it gives the readers something to think about that they might not have thought about before.
ReplyDelete2. Your main point seems to be that the photographs-“Village School” and “Children’s Puppet Theatre”- are verry different.
3. The way you brought up the differences between the photographs in body paragraph3 is interesting. You first accept the fact that there are similarities(the main center of interest), and then state how the two photos are different.
4. Everything was clear to me.
5. I like the essay the way it is, but if I had to make a change, I would mention the two photographs again in the concluding paragraph. Though the conclusion is already good, it may seem too general.
-Yun Jeong Lee 201002551
1. What I like about this piece of writing is conclusion.It summarize the topic effectively and explaining the general difference.
ReplyDelete2. Your main point seems to be that the emotion of the 'Village School' and the 'Children's Puppet Theatre' are very different.
3. These particular words or lines struck me as powerful:
-It looks like the photographer wanted to highlight the faces because except the faces, everything looks dark
: It was impressive because I only thought the black and white was cause of light difference, not the photographer's intend.
4. Some things aren’t clear to me.
-The main center of interest of both two photographs is the same.
: It is little bit unclear what main center of interest means because you haven't give definition about it. May be it would be clear if you state the center of interest is children.
5. The one change you could make that would make the biggest improvement in this piece of writing is
It would be better if you give more explanations about the words that you used like 'the main center of interest'. It would be more understandable and clear.