Thursday, 5 November 2015

Life is Strange 2-Step Content Analysis (Denotation)


The title is written in a maroon coloured, capitalised, sketchy font with the word “is,” written inside an old style photograph that has been taped the background.

The main image is a close up of a young girl with short, dark hair, looking with a fairly neutral, but slightly serious expression. She is holding her hand up, with the palm facing towards her as if she is looking into it. Similarly to part of the title, this image is placed inside an old fashioned photograph also attached to the background with strips of tape.

Neither the title nor photo are positioned straight on the page.

The photo contains fairly dark colours with harsh shadows being produced on the girls face, by her eyes, neck and cheeks. The light source is coming from the top right; where the photo is tearing and beginning to dissolve.


Drawn over the girls head are two birds flying to right, they are very faint and hard to notice.

The background is predominantly white with added crease marks, stains and coloured doodles, suggesting it is paper.

The sketches include:
  • a lighthouse
  • a cliff edge with trees and a figure at the edge
  • lightning strikes
  • a tornado
  • water like marks 

All the drawings feature some sort of natural disaster or structure related to the ocean, suggesting the setting for the game.

Written beneath the image of the girl is “Episodes 1-5,” telling us that this game is split into 5 separate episodes.

The rating of “Pegi 16” is shown in the bottom left hand corner, the box has been given a roughly drawn, grey outline.

In the bottom right is the logo of the company “Square Enix,” the publishers of the video game.

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