Due to the nature of the newspaper and the target audience's interest's and ideals mentioned in previous posts The Sun is knowned for being an image based newspaper when reporting. This is particularly evident when producing celebrity scandals and on the gossip/'Showbiz' elements in the paper. Below are a few images which have been published in the paper when reporting on celebrity scandals; there is a running theme and content link throughout:
The images that dominate The Sun in general (especially when referring to celebrities and our obessession with the 'Showbiz' culture) are dominated by females in unflattering pictures revealing drug taking, alcohol abuse or flirtacious moments with males. They highlight and target these female celebrities in order to publicise the scandal, create gossip and win readers over. The paper has the power and respect to use these images to cerate and manioulate a whole topic of the celebrity's life.
I intend to recreate one of these scandals in my production piece by using large images possibly relating to a drug scandal or alcohol abuse. The image must have a 'caught in the act' relevence; it must be evident that the female has been caught out by the paparazzi and this image then provides the foundations for a feature on their 'out of control' behaviour; which is further exagerated in the article.
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