Medium long shot - of the immediately recognisable interviewee - makes focus of the article clear. Close enough we can see her expression but enough space to see everything she is wearing.
Pull quote - italics used to indicate her voice.
Pose stretches across page to draw article together.
Her Gaze directed at viewer with slight smile & pout – a deliberately provocative expression which links to the standfirst questioning her ‘nice girl’ image.
Mise en scene
Clothing & make-up plays on the word ‘bitch’: deliberately ‘hard’, sexy and vamp-ish – a suspender belt is revealed without the stocking.
Setting/location: plays on the word ‘nice’ – pretty flowers and natural setting perhaps linking to her name which sounds like ‘fern’ the plant
Overall: the contrast creates juxtaposition between the two sides of Fearne Cotton. The journalist is deliberately trying to ‘scoop’ a new angle on the well known presenter. We can expect that as the introduction to the interview informs the reader about her new fashion line, agreeing to this interview was on condition that the shoot promoted a ‘fashion’ angle. These are sure to be clothes from her new line. This shot has more in common with high fashion shots than a conventional interview portrait.
Image hue/saturation
The image appears to have been treated so that it has the feel of sepia image and is reminiscent of early photographs that were painted and tinted with colour. This choice, bearing in mind the modern clothing and pose creates a further interesting contrast perhaps underlining the naughtiness beneath the nice exterior.
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