About my poster photoshoot - Deadpan

For my images I wanted to produce a set of deadpan images in order for the image to convey no emotion, this was because it would come across that the murderer was heartless and had no sense of emotion, which is what we wanted to put across about the film.

Deadpan

Deadpan is a phrase used to describe something that has no emotion.  Deadpan is created by having the sitter/subject show no emotion in the image, for example the most common deadpan technique is shooting a portrait of someone. For the image to be considered as deadpan, a straight face must be pulled without tilting the head. The subjects are often posed by the photographer in order to make sure that the image will appear as deadpan.

The Photograph as Contemporary Art." She describes "the deadpan aesthetic" as "a cool, detached and keenly sharp type of photography. . . .what can be seen in a glance . . . is the seeming emotional detachment and command on the part of the photographer" (Charlotte Cotton, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, p. 81).