Transcript Maria Metzger

IMAGINE:
A world where everybody gets to be
supermodel gorgeous.
What would be great about that?
What could be wrong about that?
The Beauty Behind Uglies
By: Maria Metzger
Study the Picture
• What’s the first thing you
see?
• What stands out to you?
• What do you think the
word “Uglies” means or
stands for?
• What does the person
seem to be doing?
• And finally, if you saw this
book on a shelf would you
pick it up to learn more?
The Reasoning Behind Book Covers:
Before one can began to analyze a book cover, you
must first understand why book covers are so
important. Besides looking pretty or cool, a book cover
has to catch your eye. It gives you the first impression
of what a book will be like. At first glance it has to tell
you a part of the story, it has to make you want to
know the rest of the story. Like any interesting story it
has to hook you and draw you in.
Background:
Uglies, written by Scott
Westerfeld, is set in the far
future. It was published in
2005, and is the first book in
a trilogy with a companion
novel. On the cover of
Uglies, you see a girl hiding
in the bushes. This is the
main character, Tally.
Background cont
Tally lives in a world
where, when you turn
sixteen, you have an
operation that makes
you “pretty.” When
Tally’s new friend, Shay,
runs away she has a
choice: she can either
help the authorities find
Shay or never turn
pretty at all.
Appeal
• The cover of Uglies presents an
emotional appeal, or pathos.
• In the picture there is a pretty
girl hiding in the bushes, with
the word uglies right next to
her face. It makes you wonder
if she is not pretty enough. It
also makes you wonder
whether or not you yourself
seem beautiful.
Audience
When you think about beauty,
who, or what, is associated
with it?
The audience for this book is
teenagers, and even more
specifically, teenage girls.
Teenage girls are more
obsessed with looks and
beauty. Girls tend to work
harder to improve their
appearance.
Focus
• The title:
– The title is written in all capital
letters. It is also white which
contrasts with the blue and
green of the plants.
• The Face
– Like the title the face is lighter
than the surrounding colors.
It’s pale compared to the dark
blues and greens of the plant.
Technique
Composition:
• Light and Colors:
– The most common colors used
on the book cover, are blue
and green.
– Blue and green are cool colors
which make the right side of
the picture seem kind of dark.
– Also all of the light in the
picture seems to spotlight the
face.
Composition cont.
• Framing:
– On the cover the face is
framed by the leaves of a
blue, greenish plant.
• Balance:
– The pale face on the left is
balanced with the broad,
cool colored leaves of the
plant on the right.
• Omission:
Detail:
– In the picture you only see part of
the face. The other half is omitted.
– It gives an even stronger notion that
the person is hiding from someone
or something.
• Emphasis:
– On the cover, the point of emphasis
is the eye.
– When you look at the face it is the
first thing you see.
– If you look close enough you even
see a person in the eye.
Font:
• Font size:
– The largest font on the book
cover is the title, Uglies.
– Uglies is in all capital letters, and
is bright white.
– The second largest font is the
author’s name, Scott Westerfeld.
– The author’s name is in black
and is placed on top of the face.
This draws attention to both the
title and the author.
Font cont.
– The smallest font on the
page is in the lower right
hand corner.
– It says
“In a world of extreme beauty,
anyone normal is Ugly.”
– This sentence gives you a
hint at what the story will
be about. It gives you
insight into the book.
Bibliography
• Book Cover:
– Cover photograph copyright © 2005 by Carissa
Pelleteri
– Cover design by Rodrigo Corral
• Picture used in PowerPoint:
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