Analysis of Jennifer Lopez Front Covers

1.Denotation

2.Connotation

A

B

C

D

(A) 

1.Setting – Blank page

Lighting – High Key lighting

Costume- The white and black dress.

Camera shot-  Mid shot

Props- Jewellery

2.Setting-The blank page shows a sense of cleanness

Lighting- The high key lighting makes the setting seem bright and soft.

Costume- The colours may represent the ying yang as black and white shows good and evil, this may be implied as they are the only two colours.

Camera shot- this shot type keeps you at the same level of Jennifer Lopez, this is a direct view.

Props- The Two watches indicate that she’s a very rich women and that she wants to show it, her win indicates that she’s married or engaged.

(B) 

1.Setting – Red background

Lighting – High Key lighting

Costume- The short summer dress

Camera shot-  Mid shot

2.Setting – This may show how she is trying to be ‘Hot’ as in the setting is like a summer day.

Lighting- This shows in context with the background creates a ‘heat’ for the readers as she is posing in a sexual way and the background represents the colour of the sun.

Costume – The dress is very short and is quite revealing showing a sexual nature towards the male readers

Camera shot- The shot keeps the impression of her being locked with the male readers as she is staring directly in a sexual manor.

Denotation

Connotation

(C)

1.Setting – Blue background

Lighting – High Key lighting

Costume-  Bikini

Camera shot-  Long shot

 2. Setting – The background represents a beach scene as sand and a blue background is used

Lighting- This keeps the setting for the beach look as she is made to look hot and tanned in a high key light

Costume – The bikini which Jennifer Lopez wears shows herself in a very seductive way

Camera shot- The shot shows her whole body, again this is used in a seductive way showing off her body and such. This appeals to the male readers again.

(D)

1.Setting – On a sofa in a house

Lighting – High Key lighting

Costume- In a homily gown

Camera shot-  Mid shot

 2.Setting – This has changed the complete setting as she is shown to be homily and not in a sexual way for the first time.

Lighting- The lighting is yet again high key and this time it makes the scenery seem more angelic than the other pictures. The lighting also adds a brightened effect to her eyes.

Costume – The homily gown which she wears is giving her a more of a motherly look about herself, the two babies are dressed according to the gender as one is in a light blue for a male and the other is in a dress this may show that the other is a girl.

Camera shot- The mid shot shows her from the middle up, this shows how she is keeping herself covered up unlike the rest.