Méthodologie

ANALYSE D'IMAGE

• First, you need to present the document
  • What type of document is it ? (a drawing, a photograph, a painting, an ad, a comic strip, a cartoon…)
  • Where does it come from ? (it comes from, it is an extract from,...)
  • When ? (it dates from, it was published in …)
  • Who ? (it was painted by, drawn by, taken by, … a painter, a drawer, a photographer, a cartoonist, an advertiser, …)
  • What is the main topic ? (it is about, it deals with ,...)
  • What is its goal/target ? ( to inform, to show, to criticize, to prove, to denounce, to illustrate, to make someone aware of, to aim at someone,...)

• Then, you need to describe the document

• In the background / in the foreground/ in the distance
• In the middle
• On the right-handside/on the left handside
• In the top right hand/ in the top left hand – in the bottom right hand...
• a close-up (gros plan), a long-distance shot (vue générale)
• a title, a caption (légende), a slogan

• Analysis
  • What is the artist's intention ? What did he want to denounce ? What message did he want to convey ? …)

• Conclusion
  • What's your opinion ?
    -> I think
    -> in my opinion
    > to my mind
    -> according to me,
    -> As far as I am concerned

• Organize your ideas :
  • At first sight
  • To begin with, first of all, first and foremost
  • Finally, eventually
  • Moreover, besides, what's more, ...
  • From my point of view, it seems to me that, we are given the impression that, ...