The title for the first image is 'The Uncle Sam Range' and the second is a poster with no title but the caption is 'Daddy, what did YOU do in the great war?'. I pressume each image will have been displayed on a bill board of some sort, the Savile Lumley poster is a famous image from the first world war however I cannot find any further information about the Uncle Sams poster, these kind of images were often produced during the first world war to inform people about there president and what he was doing for their country.
The Uncle Sams image has people sitting round a dinner table with a huge globe with a face and arms sat at one end and Uncle Sam sat at the other end and the other image has two children, one sat on their fathers lap with a book and the floor playing with toy soldiers I think each image has been created first by pencil and then possibly with paint to add colour and shade. Each image is in its origional state and has not been altered. The people in the picture are wearing smart clothes from the late 1800's or early 1900's in the Uncle Sams image everybody is looking towards the living earth as he reads from a scroll and the Savile Lumley poster has the father looking towards the viewer whilst his daughter stares into his eyes, in each image the people seem to be wealthy and the male appear to be of a high status and middle aged.
Each of these images appear to be located inside a house which gives off a sense of security and togetherness. I think both the images have been produced for the american public, possibly to sell a product of some sort. The colours in the Savile Lumley poster are quite chalky and old fashioned like the image itself which is very old. I find both of the images really dull and unappealing apart from the charicature of the globe which has character and life unlike the rest of the people in the pictures. I do not know the real purpose for either image so I cannot say whether or not they communicate there message effectively or if they appeal to the target audience or not. I think the choice of font used for either illustration works well with the image more so on the second due to the black background (the Carpet) and is quite hard to see on the floor of the Uncle Sams poster. The purpose of each image is to inform . . . . but to inform what i am not quite sure however I think the meaning of the second image is that children should be encouraged to ask their parents about what happened during the war. I think the social context of each image would have been very important at the time of release as this was one of the only forms of communication which could be used to reach a widespread audience.
Friday, 1 June 2007
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