Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Design Success and Failure / Syntactical Guidelines


Syntactical guidelines have been put to good use in this photograph. The asymmetric balance creates drama and tension in the photograph, giving off a very dynamic composition. Every part of the shot is analyzed in terms of triangles, creating a fast moving effect.  


This photograph fails to follow syntactical guidelines and takes on an ambiguous composition. The car itself is static and balanced, but everything else in the photo lack balance. There are some cars in the background, a fence, and trees that are not particularly arranged in any way; adding nothing to the composition and taking attention away from the car.  The photograph fails to depict the car as a powerful, luxurious, and fast moving sports car.  

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