The Evolution Of Britney Spears

The image has been cropped and framed to primarily focus on her upper body and what she is doing. A mid-long shot has been used on this image because to again focus on her upper body and make sure the bed covers and her costume are clearly visible. I believe that this is quite typical of a men’s magazine because of the image and the Mis-en-scene such as the costume, the camera shot, props and colours in the photo. The way the photo has been constructed makes it typical of a men’s magazine because if we look at Britney’s costume or lack of costume we can see she is trying to catch the attention of a male audience

Britney’s costume in this photograph is quite thought provoking as she is only wearing her underwear and a small cardigan; this suggests that she is quite womanly and grown up, however this is contradicted by the teletubby doll and telephone she is holding which then suggests that she is still a girl at heart. This suggests that her image is a woman in the making, as if she is trying to get a message across that she is growing up and possibly maturing, which also supports a song she recorded during that time period, “I’m not a girl but not yet a woman”.

The props used in this image are the telephone the bed sheets and the teletubbies doll. The telephone and the doll convey an image that she is still a young girl and that she is not completely grown up just yet. Also the use of the phone in the photo may suggest a certain stereo-type about girls always being on the phone. She is also teasing the audience by using these props because of the way she is dressed sort of contradicts the message she is sending by using these props

The setting of this photograph is on a bed with very silky pink sheets making connation’s of a sexual nature for Britney, it would seem that a very young Britney in this image is trying to attract the attention of a different audience as opposed to her previous image i.e. men aged at around 20-25.

The front cover image of Britney is an intertextual reference of a previous media which featured Lolita. Britney’s character refers to the character Lolita was given by the media as a very sexual and confident woman but was still quite a young girl. Also during the time this photo of Britney was taken, Britney released a song, “hit me baby one more time” where she was trying to appeal and possibly seduce an older audience this can relate to the character of Lolita, he main character from the famous novel which was made into a film about a sexually precocious fourteen year old girl who seduced an older man

Such colours like pink, white and black also condone to making the magazine more feminine, which supports the message that the photo of Britney, and also Britney’s pink and black polka dot shorts supports the image of her still being a young girl. However the use of black on Britney’s costume as well condones to the image of her trying to be an older and more mature woman