Photomontage:
The photomontage piece that I have made using Photoshop, is a representation of the song New York, New York, utilizing the choreographed music and words to make an inspiring song is attempted in the photomontage. Taking bits and pieces, such as the main theme of the song, New York, finding out that it was essential to ensure that a city back drop or some area that would best represent New York was incorporated. Another theme of the song was the chorus starting off with waking up in a city that never sleeps, and a place that you would normally wake up would be a bed, so a bed was used in the picture as well. The last major significant theme from the song was when he said, “This...little town.... blues are...melting away” it makes you think that the city itself was actually melting away.
The song is titled New York, New York; the overall piece has been focused and extracted into a piece that inevitably will relate to New York. Since the song is so centered on how great New York is, why not show it in its greatness by placing it as the center of attention in the photomontage. Having a large picture of the city was essential in order to capture the true essence of what Frank Sinatra was trying to spiel in his song. Overall, he was saying that New York is a big place that proves that you will be somebody if you’re capable of handling it alone. The photo that was chosen in the photomontage is a perfect example of how big and important New York is to people that want to be a part of it.
The bed that the city is upon is representing waking up and always being in that city, it’s not about being anywhere else, its only about waking up in that city. The only way to truly experience that feeling of wanting to wake up in a city that never sleeps is by being in a bed that has the city in it already. This is why the photomontage consists of the city being on top of a bed, this has to happen because it is the only true way of capturing Frank Sinatra’s meaning of, “wanting to wake up in a city”. The bed is symbolizing what is said over and over again in the song, it is the foundation of the picture and truly hones to the picture.
The melting away of the city is done because of a line that was found in the chorus, he says, “This...little town.... blues are...melting away”, this part of the chorus allows inquiry to the meaning of it and how it should be portrayed in a photomontage. Taking the city, which is filled with music and essentially small towns would have to represent New York, and these things are melting away. Because they are melting away its only right to portray it as the city itself actually melting, and not just blues or other things with in the city.
Overall, the photomontage is portraying New York for what it truly is, and because this is his perception of New York, you manage to feel and get a sense of how much he likes this place. He wants to wake up here; the first thing that he sees is New York, and how he sees it melting away before his eyes. The photomontage truly captures New York as best it can; it shows you how New York would be in the eyes of Frank Sinatra, and because it is his song you get a true understanding of how important it is to him.
