My notes from my first lesson on semiotics, including a small summery of what semiology is.
In class we worked as pairs to look at the connotations of images of both men and women using denotations and semiology. The first sheet used images of 4 women. We looked at the colour of the background, their poses, and expressions. For example: The top right Image shows a young woman, who is known for working on the Disney channel. She appears to be smiling and the background is in primary colours. She is wearing minimal make-up and looks very natural. This could mean she is meant to be a good person and a good role model for small children, mainly girls. The bottom left woman is posing nude on a red bed, and is covered in tattoos. the red background represents lust and danger, but could also mean love. The tattoos signify that she is a rebel. Although she is not physically smiling with her mouth she is smiling with hr eyes, meaning she is very confident and happy with her body.
The images of the males had similar effect. The first image shows a well build, muscular man who is wearing his denim jeans low down. He is physically smiling and has very white teeth - most likely bleached. The fact that he is topless and showing off his body whilst smiling shows that he is very confident. he background is in very dark, masculine colours which are used to compliment his masculinity.
