Jennifer Lopez Denotation and Connotation

Denotation and Connotation

Instyle magazine

The instyle magazine is a celebrity fashion magazine the fact that Jennifer Lopez is on the front page shows that she is a fashion icon and a celebrity that is being featured in the news a lot, spoken about a lot. Jennifer Lopez's head is in front of the title showing that she is more important than the title and is the main attraction. She has a direct mode of address looking directly at the camera, attracting the reader. The image is taken as a mid-shot, although you can clearly see her facial expression and her body language and her outfit. Her body is positioned at an angle with her hands on her hip this makes her superior but in a much softer fashion, showing her high fashioned dress and curves and showing how glamorous sexy she is. Jennifer Lopez’s hair is slicked back this hair style can be very difficult to pull off and she still looks fabulous conveying her full beauty and she also looks like a business woman. The high fashion dress shows off her celebrity fashion and wealth, the dress isn’t just from any high street store looks very unique and expensive. Her name is written in bold showing her importance. The Buzz words are "On Fame, Family and Turning 40" Showing all the different elements of her live, that she is a multi-task woman she is not only a celebrity(singer and actress), but a wife and mother and as if it is a bad thing she is turning 40. The make-up matches the magazines colour scheme, red, white and this colour scheme shows that this issue of the magazine is a Christmas issue. Her red lipstick looks very bold, dominate, sexy and stands out. The white background shows that the image was taken in a studio, a professional shoot.

Cosmopolitan Magazine

Cosmopolitan is a well known fashion magazine, showing that Jennifer Lopez is well known for her fashion. Jennifer Lopez's head is in front of the title showing that she is more important than the title and is the main attraction. She has a direct mode of address looking directly at the camera, attracting the reader. The image is taken as a mid-shot, although you can clearly see her facial expression and her body language and her outfit. The Buzz words are "Answers to Burning Questions" This shows that it is a question answer interview and is going to be very “Hot” gossip. The colours of her outfit (red, orange and yellow) are the colours of fire, which is "Burning" indicating that she is "on fire", Showing how vibrant she is. Another buzz word is “Sexy Swimsuits" Her dress looks like it is beach wear, the word SEXY is in bold and capital letter indicating that she is sexy. Her hands are touching her thighs lifting up her dress this looks very sexy. Her hair is blowing in the wind makes her looks more sexy and her hair look fuller and gives the effect of wind blowing. Although the background colour is red the image was taken in a studio.

FHM Magazine

FHM is “For Him Magazine” meaning that the target audience is males. Jennifer Lopez's head is in front of the title showing that she is more important than the title and is the main attraction. She has a direct mode of address looking directly at the camera, attracting the reader. It is a long-shot showing off her sexy body. It is a bikini shoot Men's Magazine so it needs to look sexy for the men some woman will think that it looks slutty. Her bikini is blue with white flowers on it and she is knelling on sand, Creates the illusion that she is on the beach and looking sexy however the white flowers looks pretty childish, looks really simple. The buzz word is "Goddess!" showing that she is known as a Goddess because she is so beautiful. Another buzz word is "J-Lo is still our girl!" this goes with the bikini top showing she is child-like and that she is quite young for the industry, a new comer. Her flat stomach and sexy body Attracts men because she is sexy and makes women jealous because they want to look like her. Her bum is sticking out and hands on hip showing off curves and posing.

People Magazine

People magazine is more of a family orientated magazine, this relates to the fact that she has got a family now. Jennifer Lopez's head is in front of the title showing that she is more important than the title and is the main attraction. She has a direct mode of address looking directly at the camera, attracting the reader. The image is taken as a mid-shot, although you can clearly see her facial expression and her body language and her babies. The colour scheme of the magazine is lilac, white, cream and baby blue. The babies are in baby blue and white showing that they are new born and that they are angelic. The Lilac colour of the title looks very cute. The image looks like it is a family portrait and she is sitting in the family home on the sofa with her new born babies. Her make up and hair is very nautral making her look like a mother and nautral. the buzz words "Twin Bliss!" shows that the article will be about the her new born twins. The another buzz words are "WORLD EXCLUSIVE Intimate photos at home (and in the nursery!) wuth Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and babies Max and Emme" not only isit a world exclusive but it is going to have photos and interview in the family home and the nursery with the new babies and husband.