Tuesday 5 April 2011

Whilst it is successful in demonstrating fashion items and imaginative styling, it creates a narrative scene; in this case based around the story of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Drawing on Barthes’ for mentioned theory on connotative meaning, I chose the most obvious symbols the audience would relate with in order to tell the story. The large-scale playing card being the central point is an iconic symbol from the story. Also, the hamper and cupcake in the foreground of the photo denote the ‘tea party’ scene, another key element of the well-known narrative. The un-naturalistic styling also helps to further the fantasy theme; hanging fish in the tree, pirate flags and the figure on the far left is dressed in a smart suit however is wearing the head of a donkey. With my approach being a more literal, vivid interpretation of the story there have been many different takes on Carroll’s infamous tale.

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