==Stylish Devices/Authorial Choices==

Stylish Devices(photography)

1. Framing
   • Using elements within the scene to create a border around the subject, drawing attention and adding depth.
2. Perspective
   • The angle or viewpoint from which a photo is taken, influencing how objects are perceived.
3. Lighting
   • Manipulating light (natural or artificial) to set mood, highlight the subject, and define textures.
4. Color Palette
   • The arrangement of colors within a photo, influencing mood and visual harmony.
   • core aspects:
     • hue (first impression): warm, cold, grey, earth, limited
     • saturation (color intensity): saturated, desaturated, vivid, pastel
     • emotional symbolism: blue=calm/rational; black=mourning/authority; red=rage/urgency; green=renewal/plant
     • distribution: foreground, background, dominant, duality
     • contrast
5. Composition
   • The placement of elements in an image, guiding the viewer’s eye and creating balance.
6. Portraiture
   • Photography focused on capturing the personality and emotion of a person or group.
7. Subject Selection
   • Choosing the main focus of the image to tell a story or emphasize a message.

Authorial Choices

1. Narrative Storytelling
   • The technique of structuring and presenting a story through plot, characters, and themes to engage the audience.
2. Social Activities
   • Interactions or events between individuals or groups that reflect societal dynamics or relationships in a narrative.
3. Culture Preservation
   • The effort to maintain and convey cultural traditions, practices, and values through creative works or storytelling.
4. Artistic Vision
   • The unique creative perspective and intent that guides an author’s style, themes, and message in their work.

prompts: 1. research and find definition of these terms 2. how do these devices and authorial choices used by MW in her photo? Highlight the theme of identity, science technology, value, …

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Devices used: bright color(pallete), perspective(low angle from the child), composition(two adults with the child in the middle, forming symmetry), subject selection(only include full face of the kid, adults half face; natural background suggest the geography of their home) choices: preservation of culture(cloths), social activities(child and its gaurdian; protection) theme: identity(ethnic traditional culture), community(),

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preservation of culture(cloths), social activities(child and its gaurdian), artisitic vision identity(ethnic traditional culture), community(), value and belief,