the evolution of britney spears analysis

This shot is a mid-shot which is taken from a high angel. This is done to show her vulnerability and this is important as she is only 17 years old and this image is making it apparent that the reader knows this. This is also done to show that the main focus on thee front page is of her. The photographer has done this by cropping the photo in such a way that there is not much else but her in the shot.Also the way the bed is in the background also brings attention to her. In this image Britney Spears is wearing very little clothing. This costume has been assembled to make the picture more attractive for the male audience. There are two props used in this image one is a telephone and the over is a cuddly toy. This could be used to remind people of her age as she is very young at this point however it could be adding to the previous affect that has been portrayed and this could have been done to show her vulnerability. The setting that is used for this picture is a bed. This is another technique which shows that the picture is for a male audience. This is because the bedroom and the bed have sexual connotations which make her seem more appealing to the male audience. The picture also contains intertextual references in the form of the cuddly toy which is a “teletubby”.  This prop has been used with its intertextual referencing to symbolise that she is still young however it is symbolising her transformation from childhood to womanhood. The photo uses a colour scheme of red in the background. This is important due to the different connotations that the colour red has such as passion and lust. These connotations further show that this cover is meant for the male audience.

This cover has a image which is a mid-long shot. This is done so that instead of a mid-shot which focuses mainly on the middle section of the subject it can show below the waist. This has been done to make the cover more attractive for the male audience. Also this image has been cropped like this so that there is a main focus on Britney Spears which brings importance to her. Also in this image she is topless. This costume has been decided on so that it is again more appealing to men. This shows that it is likely she wants a sexual relationship with the reader. This is backed up by the way she is provocatively dressed and her pose in the image. She seems to be trapped and she cannot get out. This has been done to show how she is trapped in her life and she wants freedom from all of the hype that she conveys with being such a large star.The lighting of this picture is very bright but at the back of the shot it is more dark and shaded. This may have been done to show that she has come from the darkness in her life before and is now on the lighter happier side. The lighting is also focused mainly on her, which could have been done to highlight her in the picture and show emphasis on her.       

This image is close up shot which has been made black and white to symbolise the difficulty that Britney is having at this stage of her life. The close up is a shot which emphasis the emotion of someone so this shot has been taken to show the emotion of sadness and sorrow which she is experiencing in her life. The contrast between black and white in this image also adds to the sad gloomy effect that the cover is trying to portray. This image has been cropped so that you can only see Britney’s face and facial expression on the page. This brings an emphasis to her emotions and how she was felling at this time. The way the cover of this magazine has been created makes the reader feel as if she wants a more sympathetic relationship with the reader as she is going through some hard times in her life. The anchorage text displayed on the front cover as it explains she has trouble and tradgidy in her life.