Denotation
We can see a young woman (Katy Perry) wearing stylish clothes wearing black and other colours, orange, green. Her make up is bright but simple. (Signifying happiness). There is an apple on top of her head which shows us that she can balance things out maybe with her life. She is wearing orange heels denoting power and fun which links in to her genre of music. The other image of her as a baby is behind a star which represents her as a star now.
The costume seems to be less provocative than her past dresses. The two main images show her wearing short dresses showing some legs as well as the dresses being body cons, it tells us that these types of dresses could be her favourite dresses.
On the left hand side of the double page spread there is money surrounding Katy (prop) which denotes wealth, it tells us that she is rich also linking to the title ‘Cash for questions’. On the right hand side of the double page spread, is an apple on top of her head which denotes balance it could be referring to her life or her money.
The lighting is in high key lighting which represents her mood. The lighting contrasts with what she is wearing but matches her complexion.
(NVC) Her facial expressions are seen as ‘innocent’ (right hand side) and sassy (left hand side) the ‘innocent’ expression represents the picture of her as a baby whilst the ‘sassy’ expression represents her now. She is posing in a dominant way showing power and femininity. Her lips are opened to show femininity. Her pose on the left hand side looks as if she is going to trip representing the amount of money she has. (too much she is ‘falling’)
The two pictures of her are in the middle of the columns focusing on her. Her quote: ‘My mum and Jimi Hendrix had a night in Spain’ links with the picture of Jimi Hendrix.
The headline represents Katy’s costume. The word ‘cash’ has been highlighted in bold rather than ‘for questions’ it tells us that that could be her main focus also highlighting the fact that the ‘money’ is shaped as the number, ‘1’ (left hand side beside Katy).
All the colours used on the double page spread links into what she is wearing.
The main image on the left hand side of the double page spread is positioned under the headline ‘cash for questions’ connoting she has a love for cash.
The colours red, green, orange and black are used for the theme colours and also link in to what she is wearing. This is a slight change for her because she normally wears just bright colours.
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