Katy Perry is portrayed in three images on the album cover of "Teenage Dream". In the main image, her heavy makeup, perfect hair, direct gaze and open mouth give her a promiscuous and sexually appealing pose. The setting throughout depicts a hyperreal fantasy world created by Perry. She is presented in elegant yet provocative styles, representing the character she portrays. The album images relate to this fantasy world where Perry lives out the "teenage dream" in a perfect, exaggerated version of herself.

1. Characters
The main character throughoutisKatyPerry. She
appearsinthree of the imagesonhercd cover.Onthe
maincoverimage she is heavilymade upwithherhair
laidperfectwhichgiveshersex appeal forboth
genders.Withherdirectaddressandmouthopenit
adds toher promiscuouspose.Itgivesthe impression
to the audience thatshe islookingatthem,and pulls
youin withthe hyperreal worldshe hascreated.To
add to that herskinisglowingwhichenhancesher
perfectimage. Onthe image onthe right she laywith
herhand on herchest,withcandyflosscovering which
againadds to the flirtatiousimage she is representing.
Furthermore withthe burlesque styledmakeupand
hair, it addsto the characterthat Katy Perryportrays
regularly.Ifeel thatshe haschosenthisbecause it
representsanelegantimage althoughthe juxtaposition
betweenherprovocativestyle.
Narrative Events
The album “Teenage Dream” has the images thatrelate to this fantasy world.Katy Perry laid rude on the bed of candy gives the
stereotypical sex appeal contrasting with the child like world. We get the impression thatshe’s so happy,that she is living the “teenage
dream”.In the inside cover image the firstimpressions is thatitlooks very different to the front & back covers. It looks formal with the
dark colours and additionallyand portrays royalty with the way her hair has been styled and the crown and jewellerythat she is wearing.
This contrasts with the fun images thatI looked at before. However, when you look closer atthe picture you can see that the crown and
jewelleryis actually made up from sweets which again follow the theme from the front and back covers. This picture really conveys a
humorous side ofKaty Perry which is often seen in her personal life from the media,which I think enables the audience to relate with her
& her music. The narrative to this CD, is that she’s in her perfect world.With the front cover image being over photo shopped,itlooks
drawn on. On the other hand it looks perfectplastic which gives the impression thatin her world she’s happywith her appearance,and
that in our own fantasy world we would all be classed as “perfect“.
Iconography
The stereotypical innocentimagesare portrayedwiththe
POPgenre of Katy Perry.Althoughshe adds herangelic
appearance toexaggerate herstyle of the childlike
fantasyworld. AdditonallybothCD’sare made tolooklike
sweetswhichaddshumourtothe informal style. Herdark
brunette hairaddsto hersexualitybycontrastingwithher
blue eyes.
Setting
The settingthroughoutis baseduponthishyperreal worldthatKaty hascreated. The corsetthat she is wearingis
embeddedwith asequinwhichgives the impressionof the glitzandglamour,also,wealth. The candywornas a
crown givesherthe statusthat womenrule the world;additionallythe candymakeshersweetandfungivingher
the sex appeal. Withthe positive colourbluebeingdisplayedbehindthe pinkcandyflossconnotesthe purity.To
add to that the pinkcandythat wouldoriginallybe white,givesitthe girlyedge of everygirlspinkdreamworld.
The cloud effectgivesthe impressionthatKatyisfloatinginherowncreation.Onthe otherhand we have the
blackbackdrop onthe inside coverthatKaty’sglowingskincontrastsagainst.Ifeel thatshe haschosenthissothat
herelegantoutfitstandsout.
Technical and Audiocodes
The front covertextisdesignedinthe style of candycanes.
The bubble textaddsto the dreamlike elementadditionally
keepingitinformal. Withthe lightinghighkeyitexposes
herinnocence,withherlaydownonthe softpinkcandy
clouds.The pinkconnoteshergirlyside additionally
appealingtoa varietyof ages.For example the nude
elementappealstothe male genre.