Britney Spears Analysis (Cover 2)

Cover 2:

This image has been framed and cropped in order to show Britney in a mid shot resting herself against two walls. This mid shot was used in order to show her most of her body, as this is what the male target audience want to see. If you look at Britney's costume, or lack of it, you will see that she is holding a sheet to cover her modesty and wearing white knickers. This pose works in tone with this as she is leaning against the wall with her bum sticking out against the wall and the side of her boob showing to the camera in order to make the male readers feel as if she is in fact posing for them, looking into the camera like she is looking into their eyes and she if posing especially for them.

If you look at the setting used, she is simply just against two walls. This may seem not very sexual when you look at it but I think subliminally they have chosen this pose very carefully in order to make the audience think of one thing. I think that they have chosen this because both of the walls in the photo are meant to represent men, and how she is leaning against them and bending herself against them in order to make the reader subliminally think like she is against two men like she is having sex. This appeals to the target audience of males as they want to see Britney as if she is having sex which will cause them to buy the magazine.

Lighting is used in this photo well in order to emphasize Britney in the photograph. As you can probably see, the most amount of light on on Britney from her arm and up. This is specifically used to emphasize the fact that she is just about covering her modesty and you can already see the side of her boob which is what the target audience want to see. So by putting the most light around this area they are bringing this most to focus casing the audience to see this first and immediately want to buy it. Finally if you look at the colours used you will see white is used for nearly every colour in this image. This is because white represents innocence and that is what the target audience want to see. It shows a contrast between her provocative clothing and posture, and the use of white making her seem innocent which men want to see causing them to buy the magazine.

By Harry Luke Mulvany