katy perry digipack analysis

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It appears that both the front cover and the back cover of the CD digipack has medium close up shots of the artist. She is making direct eye contact with the audience which could perhaps make her audience feel like she is contacting them on a personal level. The back cover shows the artist's body to be facing away from the camera but her head is turned to make direct eye contact with the audience. It suggests that she wants to be provocative and perhaps mysterious. The overall covers theme could be bright natural and colourful. From looking at the Digipack is seems that there is no obvious narrative. There could be themes of freedom and happiness with the use of a field which is a large open space. The sunflowers suggests this as the colour yellow is linked to happiness. The digipack images are not conventional of a pop singer because her makeup is quite natural and the setting looks like it is in a field or somewhere in nature however a stereotypical pop star would usually be on a set with glamorous hair and makeup. The lighting is high key lighting which seems to be natural sun light although it could have been adjusted slightly to give the overall image a sense of warmth, it exaggerates the potential there of 'natural beauty'. The background is not a typical background of a pop singer because unlike the Rihanna CD digipack where it seems like the setting is on a stage which is a natural an stereotypical setting for a singer, the Katy Perry CD digipack is based in a field maybe in a meadow surrounded by wild flowers which connotes a theme of natural beauty. Behind the artist, there are sunflower. The colour yellow symbolises happiness and this could reflect how she feels; she could be suggests she is happy and

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Page 1: Katy Perry Digipack Analysis

It appears that both the front cover and the back cover of the CD digipack has medium close up shots of the artist. She is making direct eye contact with the audience which could perhaps make her audience feel like she is contacting them on a personal level. The back cover shows the artist's body

to be facing away from the camera but her head is turned to make direct eye contact with the audience. It suggests that she wants to be provocative and perhaps mysterious. The overall covers theme could be bright natural and colourful.

From looking at the Digipack is seems that there is no obvious narrative. There could be themes of freedom and happiness with the use of a field which is a large open space. The sunflowers suggests this as the colour yellow is linked to happiness.

The digipack images are not conventional of a pop singer because her makeup is quite natural and the setting looks like it is in a field or somewhere in nature however a stereotypical pop star would usually be on a set with glamorous hair and makeup.

The lighting is high key lighting which seems to be natural sun light although it could have been adjusted slightly to give the

overall image a sense of warmth, it exaggerates the potential there of 'natural beauty'.

The background is not a typical background of a pop singer because unlike the Rihanna CD digipack where it seems like the setting is on a stage which is a natural an stereotypical setting for a singer, the Katy Perry CD digipack is based in a field maybe in a meadow surrounded by wild flowers which connotes a theme of natural beauty. Behind the artist, there

are sunflower. The colour yellow symbolises happiness and this could reflect how she feels; she could be suggests she is happy and content with herself.

Sunflowers are iconic symbols of happiness. The CD could represent her happiness and because she has surrounded herself with this flower, it could suggest she surrounds herself with happiness. Butterflies symbolises grace, lightness and elegance.