Salvador Dali Framing

I decided to use this Salvador Dali painting because it looks awesome and the tigers in this painting are absolutely ferocious. When people analyze painting they do not often use film lingo, but for this assignment I am supposed to, so let’s get to it. Salvador Dali does a wonderful job of having a nice contrast of colors between the the sky and the tigers. The tigers really stand out because they are gold with black stripes and the background is a faded purple and yellow. Dali also manipulates the soft three layers of lines that appear to be horizontal with the tigers print which are vertical. This also creates depth between the tigers and the elephant that is farther in the distance. Also Salvador Dali creates depth through size, the tigers are larger thus appearing closer than smaller objects. Salvador also brings uses lines to point at the subject. The gun and the three cords hanging from the elephant point right down to the women laying on the rock. I chose to reframe the image like I did because it entirely changes the meaning of the painting simply by zooming in on one element of the painting. The painting itself is an overall wide shot while my zoomed in picture is a medium shot. Also, the original painting use the rule of thirds to its advantage while the zoomed in version barely does. I feel that Salvador Dali framed this painting like he did to show the entire action instead of focusing on just one tiger. The original painting has a lot going on, there is a elephant being lifted away, a fish eating one tiger, a gun pointing at a naked lady laying on a rock and of course a hungry looking lion hurling towards the naked women. In the zoomed in version the viewer loses all subtext for the tiger. The zoomed in picture only tells the viewer that the tiger is mad, diving towards something. That is exactly why I zoomed in on one tiger instead of both. Without seeing the rest of the painting Isolating the tiger destroys the tigers motives and overall context thus simplifying the tiger down to an angry wild animal.