The image has been positioned in the centre of the magazine and it has been cropped to a medium long shot with the camera positioned at a high angle shot because the magazine is aimed at young men so it makes the reader feel that they are positioned on top of her. It also gives Britney a sense of vulnerability. This is a typical type of lad’s magazine.
Britney’s costume is very provocative, as she’s only wearing a bra and boxers with a opened up shirt. The shirt is an intertextual reference to her first music video ‘hit me baby one more time’ because she was wearing a school shirt in the video which was shot in a school and she’s represented as a good, school girl but here her buttons are open which is represented as she’s caught up in between being an adult and a child.
Britney is holding two props, the doll is an intertexual reference to the children TV programme; a tellytubby doll on one hand which represents her as being childish and immature and on the other; she’s got a telephone against her ear, as if she’s talking to her boyfriend late at night, which represents her as being more grown up and more adult like. This also shows that she’s caught up in between adult and child life.
The setting is, Britney lying down on a silk covered bed sheet which connotes her being seductive and rubbing silk across your hand feels smooth and soft. The silk bed sheet is pink and pink is often associated as being feminine colour which represents her childish side, but the colour pink is also associated with love and sex which represents her adult side.
The main colours used in the picture are pink, black and white. I think these colours were used to help convey the sexual image to the audience as pink is usually associated to love and sex, whereas black is quite mysterious and it’s a dark colour which contrasts with white, which connotes peace and innocent. Her white shirt contrasts with her black bra, which makes her boobs a focus point and it’s in the centre of the cover also, the other focus points have been highlighted by the high key lighting for example her legs, belly face and boobs.
The image of Britney Spears has been positioned in the centre of the magazine and it has been cropped to a medium shot with the camera positioned at a slight low angle shot also her body is facing side ways. This is because the focus point is the upper part of her body. The magazine is a typical young male’s music magazine, a bit like playboy magazine as she’s half naked.
Britney is dressed very provocatively in this image, as she is almost completely naked. She is only covered with a white piece of fabric which is against her breasts and underwear. She is also positioned in a very sexual way, in a tight space and in a curved position. This is appealing to young males as she’s half naked and positioned in a sexual way.
In this image there’s only one prop used which is the white fabric, you cant really tell what it is but it looks like an apron or a bed sheet but it also looks like a white shirt which she was wearing in the previous magazine cover. This is intertexual reference once again as she was wearing a white shirt in her first music video and she’s leaning against one here. As Britney isn’t wearing the shirt in this picture it’s like she has broken free from being a teenager to an adult and it shows off her sexual side to the audience.
The setting used appears to be a very narrow corridor in an empty house with high walls to show she is trapped. The blank setting allows all the attention of the reader to be focused on Britney as there are no distractions. The narrow corridor also enables her to position herself in a sexual way which connects with the sexual/lustful image that is being sent to the reader. The whole setting seems like it’s a very quite and peaceful place as white connotes peace and pure.
The main colour used is white, not including the colour of the text. As the whole background is blank white it allows more focus to be on Britney and as the lighting is quite high-key it makes her body and skin tone stand out. The white background could also be used to show purity as Britney was a virgin at that time.
This image has been cropped to a close up of Britney Spears’ face, so you can see her facial expression. She looks vulnerable here but not in a sexual way. On this picture you can’t see Britney’s costume or pose as the picture is just focused on her face, the expression on her face makes the reader feel sorry for her.
This image doesn’t have a setting that you can see on the picture because all the attention and focus is meant to go towards Britney’s emotion. The lighting is used to make her emotions stand out more also the black and white makes her emotion look rawer because they are bold tones. Black and white is usually used to signify sadness and tragedy so it makes sense because it was taken when Britney had a fall in her career.
The relationship Britney wants with the audience in this cover is different compared to other covers because in this one it’s like she wants sympathy and maybe respect from audience and in the other ones it was lust and desire. The main cover line on this cover says ‘INSIDE AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY’ and the word tragedy shows that she wants sympathy from the reader and having sympathy for people during tragedies is common. Compared to the anchorage text on the previous magazine covers, Britney wants a close personal relationship with the reader.
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