1. Characters- Themain cover has no
characters. Beyoncéis shown on inside
frontcover. You do not see her face justher
body. This is stereotypical of the genre of
R’n’B as a lot of female artist show their
bodies and show a lot of sexuality. The
behaviour is stereotypicalas Beyoncé is
seen as a sexual figure. Itis also
stereotypical for the genreof R’n’B to have
the main star on the cd cover. She is
holding her back which could be seen as
sexual. This is also stereotypicalof a female
R’n’B artist.
Narrative events- The picture of Beyoncé is
enigmatic. The image makes the audience want to
find out more about the story behind it and why she
is posing like that. It makes the audience question,
who it is for? If it is for a loving relationship or to get
other people’sattention, which also has
connotations of the sex industry. In contrast to this
the cover over the picture is very different.The
whole black cover with light pink writing is a contrast
between good and bad. The cover is also made to
look classy and elegant, which is used to cover a very
sexual image. This shows that the cover has been
used to hide this image. Beyoncé may have done this
so that the only people that see this image of her are
the people that buy her album, her ‘true fans’.
Iconography- The only props that are used on
this cd cover are chains that are wrapped
around Beyoncé’s body. This is stereotypical of
the genre R’n’B as money is heavily associated
with this genre of music and I think this is what
Beyoncé is trying to represent and this also fits
in well with her style of music. The main icon is
Beyoncé and this is made clear by just having
an image of her on the cd cover. This is
stereotypical of this genre.
Setting- In themise en scene of the image
all you can see is the back of Beyoncé’s
back. This is making a statement as that is
all that she wants to be seen. In the mise
en scene we can also see chains which is
iconic of the genre of R’n’B. As well as this
the provocativeimage is iconic of females
in this genre of music
Mise enscene- Thecamera shotused is a
close up of Beyoncé. A close up has been
used to show the detail of the chains
around Beyoncé’s back. They have done
this to highlight that she is not wearing
many clothes but she is wearing jewellery
which may have been done to highlight her
wealth.