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S.Kalashnikova This picture means that everyone can have such cool motorbike. This picture is very simple and without any special effects. We see Clooney's routine life. Background is ordinary too. Clooney's bodylanguage shows us a very usual situation in daily life. Clooney doesn't make any efforts or poses, as if he doesn't see a camera. People should understand that stars are common people and believe that everyone can reach everything what he wants. This picture means freedom, force, independence, happiness. The photo has been made in movement. The motorbike goes very quickly and the background replaces quickly too. We can see man's look which is full of happiness. Man's hand is lifted upwards and means force and victory – bodylanguage. It is necessary to notice bright light and the sun. Freedom, force, independence, happiness are the most important human values. So this picture can be used as an advertisement. This picture means that stars are common people. They are very friendly and very close to the people. Orlando's look is very friendly and pose is open. We suppose that he wants to communicate with ordinary people near him. People should understand that stars are common people. This picture shows us all power and force of a motorbike and also value of possession it. We see a motorbike very close and distinctly. It is possible to consider all interiors of a motorbike. Besides the motorbike acts on the foreground. This picture can be an advertizing of a very powerful, qualitative and expensive motorbike.
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 * By E. Gordeyeva**

On this picture we can see a man, who is driving a motorbike, which is new I think because it is clean, without any scratch. By the way a man doesn’t look very professional on it, we can mention that he holds very hard the motorbike despite that the speed is not very fast or he almost stops. Another reason why this person is not a professional in motorbikes is his clothes. First, he has sunglasses, which everybody has. He needs special glasses for driving. Second, he wears jeans instead of special trousers. He has a special helmet, which people usually use, when they try something at the first time. More than that, he is not young –we know that usually young people fond of such extreme sports. I have an impression, that he drives at the first time, he is not prepared for driving at all –he wears ordinary clothes. By his face impression we can understand that he is worried about his safety and doesn’t enjoy the driving. On the second picture here is a young man, who is really excited of driving(he puts his hand up-the sign of great enthusiasm).We can see that he is moving with high speed. He is not a professional driver because of his clothes ( again jeans and sunglasses instead of special clothes),but still he is without helmet it means that he is driving not at the first time-he did it before. Here we can see a man, takes care of his motorbike (he holds a rag ). Probably he is washer of cars. His bike looks very professional – I think it costs a lot of money – but the man doesn’t look very rich (because of his clothes). He is nervous because he keeps tugging a rag. He even doesn’t touch a motorbike – it means that this man is not the owner of the motorbike. The last picture includes 2 different pictures. The first shows a very famous actor Orlando Bloom. We know that he is fond of extreme sports.He is not preparing for driving (clothes, no helmet). But he feels very comfortable-I’m sure that it is not his first driving. On another half of the last picture we can see a man, who is talking to a girl – he looks like an owner of this motorbike(his clothes). Probably he is very famous in driving of motorbikes –a girl comes with her camera and she asks to take a picture of this man with his motorbike.

By **G. Akhatova**

I'm sure that everybody imagines a motocyclist as free, independent person, who is crazy about speed and risk. And that's why he seems rude, self-willed, fearless, sometimes agressive. In our situation we have four pictures of motocyclists. I noticed one the main difference between them. That's pretending. In my opinion the second and the fourth show us pretending act, the first and the last - not pretending.

In the first picture we can see J. Clooney. I'm sure that this picture was made by journalists who were interested in Clouney's routine life. Moreover, J. Clouney didn't know that he was taken photo. As to elements, he has glaves and sunglasses for comfort, hamlet - for safety. Also we can see that he is not a professional, only amateur.

In the second picture we can see motocyclist who enjoy freedom driving a motocycle. I think this picture was made for advertisement of some modern motocycles. And they wanted to show you can catch a freedom driving a motocycle and be happy. It is clear that this picture was made when man drives a motocycle in high gear. In comparision with the first picture, a motocycle for man from the second picture not only vehicle, and hobby too.

In my opinion the third picture is picture of some advertisement too. Or this picture was made for being in some glossy magazine for men. Or this picture is part of some movie. Here we can see clear motocycle and man with dirty shoes and negligent in his dress.

The last picture consist of two parts. In the both parts we can see well-known actor Orlando Bloom. In the first picture it seems that he just test a motorcycle because he has no special attributes for driving a motocycle: helmet, glaves and so on. In the right side we see Orlando Bloom wears a jacket, he has have already a helmet, glaves. In other word he really intends driving a motocycle. Also there is strange woman near him. Unfortunately, I can't say who she is and what about they talk.


 * Elena Men’shikova **
 * Picture || What does it mean? || <span style="color: #000033; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How does it mean what it means? || <span style="color: #000033; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Why does it mean what it means? ||
 * 1 || manliness || * We see the man who drives the bike straight on us. His arms are naked so we can see his muscles.
 * His hands hold the handlebars. || * Muscles are considered to be the symbol of strength and manliness; men are called as “strong sex”.
 * To be at the helm means to have power; men are considered to be leaders. ||
 * 2 || * manliness,
 * happiness,
 * speed || * We again see the man driving the bike. He holds the handlebars only with one hand and doesn’t wear the helmet.
 * He is smiling very happily.
 * We see the bike in moving, foreshortening and slurred background help to understand it. || * He isn’t afraid of anything and wants everybody to see it and to praise him, he likes risk; all these points are the stereotypes of real man.
 * Smile is attribute of happiness in human’s minds.
 * We know from our experience that photos become slurred when the object is moving. ||
 * 3 || manliness || * The main colours of background are black and brown.
 * The glass of his helmet is on his face. || * They are often referred to men because these colours don’t express much as men don’t like to show their feelings.
 * To hide face means to hide feelings. ||
 * 4 || manliness || * He seems to be confident and calm. His body language and smile show it.
 * He stands dressed in special clothes and helmet near some woman. || * People often think men to be more confident than women.
 * For us it seems like scene from movie or fairy-tale when man is prepared to help somebody weak, especially to woman or girl. ||

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======================================================================== Example 1 There are three famous movie star and one football star. We can see the meaning of picture proceeding from pose, gestures, even clothes. Pose of confident man, who try to make an impression of independent man, who appreciates the freedom. Meaning – to me, the majority of men take pleasure of speed, they really enjoy motorbike force. Motorbikes are the attribute of manliness and independence. It seems, all motorbikes are high-powered, so, it is the confirmation of the point, that all men like independence. They show their strength;

They have helmets, excepting McGregor – it means, they care about safety. Picture 1 – J. Clooney holds his hands on handles. He has gloves – for convenience and helmet for safety. It seems that he’s tense, presses his lips and he watches the road very attentively.

Picture 2 – McGregor raises his hand, he smiles and pose is comfortable, even relaxed – all indicate that he’s delighting speed, and motorbike. He has sun glasses – for convenience and because of he’s famous star, he may be doesn’t want anybody to recognize him.

Picture 3 – Orlando Bloom –on the right, he’s stands still, he is not strained, looking confident and apparently saw his friend or smth interesting. On the left, Bloom dressed differently – he has helmet, yellow gloves, warm jacket and knapsack. It means, he prepares to leave of he already arrived.

Picture 4 – Beckham’s motorbike looks more fashionable, “serious” then others. His clothes is casual, he has helmet and gloves. May be area, where he arrange isn’t happy, proceeding from rusty gates or wall, some graffiti and garbage on the street.

Example 2 For the every picture I can make the conclusion, that one of the most meanings is brutality, which is shown by men's vehicles, deliberately clothes slipshod style. Motorcycle has its own typical face of motorcyclist. Biker is a big, rude man with black clothes and jeans. A lot of people even think that bikers don’t take a shower. So that’s why they are symbol of brutality. Every picture has its own smaller details and meanings. For example there is meaning of lack of self-confidence on the picture 3. It is shown by appearance of good boy, which does not accord with the bikes. This appearance is made by his screen shape generally. The first picture meaning is this man drives bikes for a long time. It is shown by his pose, it draws an impression that his grandpa taught him last century to drive. The forth driver is real star. We can understand it, by black-out helmet and strained pose. It seems like he always ready for the escape from journalists.

Example 3 We know that an image of a biker has two different sides. On the one hand, that’s a free and strong man, who isn't afraid of speed, risks and danger of the road. On the other hand, he goes against the society and all the laws, and is closely associated with crime. For me a motorbike is an embodiment of freedom and independence. A man on a bike catches everyone’s attention immediately when he appears on a road.. I believe, motorbike can reflect the personality of its owner much more than a car. Riding a bike is risky; your safety depends on you in this case. Meanwhile, some people go even further, refusing to wear the helmet when driving a motorbike.

So, analyzing every image shown on the pictures we can see the similarities and differences. 1. The first picture. J. Clooney. · He is dressed in blue jeans and black T-shirt. He is driving a black chopper. I think this highlights a style of his image as a biker. · He is serious. · He has a helmet and sunglasses for safety and gloves for comfort. · He keeps his hands on the wheel. · He carefully looks at the road, we can conclude that he think about his safety.

2. The second picture. McGregor. · He is dressed in blue jeans and black T-shirt too. He has sunglasses. He is driving a white chopper. I think this highlights a style of his image as a biker. · He is delighted and smiles. · He enjoys speed this is evidenced by his gesture of hand. · He hasn't a helmet. We can say he is light-hearted.

3. The third picture. Orlando Bloom. · He is dressed in casual clothes. · Possibly he rides around the city, therefore he hasn't a helmet, sunglasses and gloves. · We can see that he came to the meeting place, so he smiles.

4. Fourth picture. D.Beckham. · He is dressed in casual clothes. · He has a helmet with the glass for safety and gloves for comfort. · He has a cheesy sport bike. · We can see that he wipes his hands and he is going to go somewhere.

by K.Makeeva On the first picture we see a man who is driving a motorcycle. As we know, bikers like a high speed and risk. If we look at this man, we can say that he doesn’t like a high speed. He looks like a beginner, because his look concentrates on the road and he worries about his safety. He has a special helmet, which people use at the first time. On the second picture we see a man who is satisfied with his bike. He is not a professional, because of his appearance. We can understand that he doesn’t afraid of a high speed. Because he puts his hand up. More than that, he hasn’t got a helmet on his head, that’s why we can understand that he drives a bike not at the first time. On the third picture we see a man who is take care of his bike. The bike is very clean and his boots are dirty. Probably he is a master. He is very serious. The last picture consists of two different pictures. As we know, Orlando Bloom likes extreme sport.