Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Representation

Representation of Lily Allen
 
 

Costume
Lily Allen isn't wearing very much in the image; this suggests that she has a cheeky and playful side to her. Also the fact that she has her top half is exposed suggests that she is seductive, so she appeals to males as well as women. Her bottom half is completely covered up, so although she comes ac cross as cheeky and playful she also has a shyness and mysterious about her. She is wearing black tights, black has a sense of mystery and danger, all of this suggests that she and her music is cheeky, playful and mysterious.
 
 Facial Expression
In the image you can’t really see much of her face as its covered by her hair and shoulder, so it comes across like she has a shyness about her. However what you can see of her face is that she has a seductive facial expression to draw the reader in. although she looks seductive the fact that she is hiding a lot of her face gives her a sense of mysterious which makes her intriguing for the readers.
 
Pose
Lily Allen is stood upright in the image which suggests that she is very confident with herself; she has her hand on her hip which also suggests that she is confident and shows her feminine side. She is stood with her back towards us, but she has turned her head around so she is looking directly at the reader. The pose suggests that she is a bit of a ‘tease’ as she has her hand up to her mouth and is biting her finger as she is attracting the readers in. Because she has her back to the reader it suggests that Lily Allen is a mystery and doesn’t want to reveal all of her yet, she likes to remain a mystery, so her pose reflects her personality.
 
Framing and shot type
Q used a long shot which helps to emphasise her body language so the readers get an idea of what she is like. The long shot shows her cheeky, seductive, mysterious side, but her shyness as well. The longshot helps the readers either be attracted to her and her personality or be able to relate to it She is in the centre which suggests that she like to be the centre of attention and she wants all eyes on her.
 
Hair and make-up
Lily Allen has dark straight hair, the dark hair suggests that she is mysterious and there is a sense of danger about her, it is also very neat which suggests that she trying to cover up the sense of danger about her. She has very naturalistic makeup, so she looks quite simple, however her eye makeup is very dark which attracts the reader to her eyes, so although she has the top half of her body exposed she wants the readers to look directly into her eyes and look past the nakedness. The dark eye makeup also shows her mysterious side.
 
 Props
There are two panthers stood either side of her, the panthers suggest that she Lily Allen is a very fierce and feisty character. The fact that she has two panthers either side of her suggests that no matter how much danger she is in she is not afraid of anything, she can defend herself. So even if she was to get attacked by anyone or anything she is not going to let it hurt her, or get to her she is able to stay strong and confident. Panthers are black which suggests that Lily Allen is dangerous yet mysterious in many ways, throughout her personality and music.



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