Tuesday, July 20, 2010

juxtaposition part I

Week 6
Lesson 5
Lecturer : Mustafa Bin Md Muzer
Task 1
Exercise



jux·ta·po·si·tion
Is an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, for comparison or contrast. The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.

Task 2
Homework

Personal Reflection

Juxtaposition seems like a big word but it just simply means contrast. I find it a useful technique as it enable audiences to capture the relationship between subjects in a photo or picture so that each part of the image has relativity to one another. Regardless, similarity or differences between the subjects.

For example:-


Explanation:-
Here you could see a dead cow and two living pigs in the same river. The cow is left to rot and the pigs are oblivious trying to survive. It gives a feeling of irony between the living and the dead.

References:-
http://xpdigital.blogspot.com/2008/03/photo-journalexercise-4-juxtaposition.html