Montage: Activity 2

• Questions:
• Find two examples of political photomontages that are either from a historical or contemporary source. 
• Discuss in what context they have been produced and how effective you think they communicate their intended message. 
• Discuss the techniques that have been used to assemble the examples you have chosen and offer alternative ways that the artist could have put over the same message. 

Answers:

For both of these images, the intended message was loud and clear! Bush seems evil, which is an opinion because people love/hate this American  politician. This image might be effective just because it totally depends on what you politically believe. Bush is obviously not the Devil, but he also didn't really change or help the US. The techniques used for this image are masking, color changing, etc.
For the Hitler image, well the picture's intended message was that he was heartless, but there is no need for intended message because even without this image, he was still known for being heartless. The techniques used for the Hitler image would be fades, dissolves, split screens, double and triple exposures.