Hey, abhiroop.pal1!
Just for a quick word first if you wanted to consider it
If you are having difficulty finding techniques and analysing your related, you could always look into other texts to use for your assessment! Your related text doesn't have to be one that is known to the marker or that will guarantee a high performance. It just has to allow you to present an original, literary-informed argument.
That being said, I didn't study '1984' for my HSC so I don't know the text too well but I did Picasso in Visual Arts and know quite a lot more about 'Guernica'
If you wanted to stick to this pairing, I did a small breakdown of some techniques for you below.
GuernicaFacial expressions- Side profiles of the subjects in Picasso's painting are situated as such to emphasise their agonised facial expressions.
- Open mouthed to show the terror and frightened reactions of the individuals.
Colour- Monochromatic palette chosen to represent the dismal and depressive impact of war.
- Selective choice to not have any major colours standing out to craft a complete, unified atmosphere of mourning.
Composition- Deliberate placement of subject matter captures a vignette of suffering.
- Omission of potential sources or causes of suffering; the painting serves to portray the extreme, emotive repercussions of war.
- Crowded setting and subjects suggest the intensity of suffering for the collective being represented.
Gaze- Combined use of intra-diegetic and extra-diegetic features; for example, the offer gaze of the mother holding her child allows the composer to evoke sympathy from the display of suffering, whereas the demand gaze of the bull and horse confronts the audience directly of their suffering.
Lines and Shapes- Defined lines draw audiences to the suffering experienced by the subjects and the suffering of the integrated whole of the artwork.
- Flat, two dimensional subjects lacking depth to show the reduction of humanity to cruelty and pain.
I hope these techniques can provide you some pointers for your task! Hopefully a '1984' student can add something to this thread too
Angelina