Print Techniques

Image within an image:

This final example shows an example of how image within an image can be applied to the subject of hyperreality. This allows the image to be separated into two aspects. The world within the television is colourful and full of information while the surrounding area is black and white. This can imply that the world that is presented to us through television is much more exciting than the real world.

Image and Text:

This technique shows how heavy themes within hyperreality can be explored through the use of image and text. Font and colour can be used as well as an image within the text in order to reveal a key issue within the media. The colour of a light pink offers connotations to vanity while the image within the text utilises some of the airbrush techniques that are featured within the media.

Weaving:

This technique can be applied in order to present something ordinary in a heightened way, possibly to make the representation of reality more exciting.

Duotone:

Duo tone can be featured within the subject of hyperreality through the use of the techniques manipulation of colour. Within this example, the colour of blue has been used in order to emphasise an emotion within the image. Blue offers connotations to sadness, which combined with the image gives the impression of the emotion. This can feature within hyperreality as it demonstrates how Photoshop can manipulate the way in which an audience perceives an image.

Overlay:

This technique, similarly to multiple exposure can be used to see what is going through the person within the photo's mind. The audience can see a faded city street, fading into an empty background. This implies that a reality is being generated in the mind of the person, however the reality of the person is empty. This represents the contrast of the media generated reality and our dull reality.

Selective Colour:

This use of selective colour can be used to draw attention to a specific area of the image. The environment appears very dull in comparison to the person. This contrast in colour is used in order to show a boring reality compared to the enhanced reality being generated by the person's mind.

Repetition:

This repetition technique can be used within the hyperreality for the way in which it presents reality. The world is enhanced dramatically and the grittiness of reality appears to have been replaced by a clean appearance. It appears as if the water is extremely clean and reflective, while the structure of the buildings over the water appears slightly odd and out of the ordinary. The result creates a hyperreality unlike the real world.

Montage:

Montage is a fundamental technique for using Photoshop within hyperreality. Especially within the work of Staudinger Franke, montage can be used in order to create a surreal reality by combining different images on different scales.

Framing:

Framing can be used in order to direct an audience's attention or create contrast. Within this example, I have done both in order to bring attention to the contrast. The frame is used to represent hyperreality which is oversaturated. Reality is represented through the remainder of the frame which is black and white, which highlights the differences between the dull reality and the exciting hyperreality that is constructed by the media.

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