In this cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, the image, Britney Spears is framed by what appears to be a the walls of a shower and a shower curtain. The image has been cropped so that you have a head to thigh view of Britney; by cropping the image so you can no longer see her legs or most of her thighs mean that they are able to zoom in on the image, in effect making it larger which will attract the audience’s eye more effectively than that of a small, full body shot. The audience’s focus and interest on the subject is immediately being increased by the type of shot Rolling Stone Magazine has used on Britney Spears. A Point-of-View shot; this particular shot shows a view from the subject’s perspective, in this case Rolling Stone has edited the image so that the audience appear to be catching Britney getting in the shower. Only wearing her underwear creates the illusion of intimacy with the subject and stirs the first deadly sin, lust. Rolling Stone is well known as a unisex magazine but based purely on the type of image they have used for their front cover; I would say from a glance it is a typical male intended magazine as Britney Spears is showed rather seductively with one item of clothing on.
Her white underwear is her only ‘costume’ and possibly the shower curtain she uses in attempt to cover herself. Her body is posed to show her curves to full advantage and her body is shown tanned and flawless against the perfect white walls and shower curtain. Britney has established a direct mode of address with the audience by looking straight into the camera lens when the photo was taken; this tells us that Britney Spears wants an intimate relationship with each individual reader.
Britney Spears is in a bathroom setting as she appears to be in the shower; the connotations of this are lust, one of the seven deadly sins and fantasy.
The lighting is used to highlight her flawless, tanned skin and healthy golden hair. The lighting is also used to create the illusion that Britney Spears is an angel(like) or has angelic features; surrounded by and wearing white underwear adds to the effect as a stereotypical angel in heaven has beautiful blonde hair and a gorgeous white gown surrounded by white fluffy clouds.
On the actual front cover; the title Rolling Stone is written in a fading shades of blue with a white outline to make the text stand out from the magazine without attracting too much attention from the magazine’s main image, this also corresponds with the ‘angelic fantasy’ theme. The sell lines are written in black and blue; black to contrast with the white background and blue to continue the illusion. The white walls, shower curtain and Britney’s underwear convey the illusion of innocence and appear angel-like.
Her white underwear is her only ‘costume’ and possibly the shower curtain she uses in attempt to cover herself. Her body is posed to show her curves to full advantage and her body is shown tanned and flawless against the perfect white walls and shower curtain. Britney has established a direct mode of address with the audience by looking straight into the camera lens when the photo was taken; this tells us that Britney Spears wants an intimate relationship with each individual reader.
Britney Spears is in a bathroom setting as she appears to be in the shower; the connotations of this are lust, one of the seven deadly sins and fantasy.
The lighting is used to highlight her flawless, tanned skin and healthy golden hair. The lighting is also used to create the illusion that Britney Spears is an angel(like) or has angelic features; surrounded by and wearing white underwear adds to the effect as a stereotypical angel in heaven has beautiful blonde hair and a gorgeous white gown surrounded by white fluffy clouds.
On the actual front cover; the title Rolling Stone is written in a fading shades of blue with a white outline to make the text stand out from the magazine without attracting too much attention from the magazine’s main image, this also corresponds with the ‘angelic fantasy’ theme. The sell lines are written in black and blue; black to contrast with the white background and blue to continue the illusion. The white walls, shower curtain and Britney’s underwear convey the illusion of innocence and appear angel-like.
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