Formal Analysis

• The body of a woman is in the upper part of this ad.
  
• The ad is in black and white, except for blue, yellow, and gold designs and words on the bottle in the forefront of this picture.


• The woman is naked except for high heels. She also has what looks like a tan line shaped like a bikini, but she appears to be wearing no clothes.
  
• Both the bottle and the woman are sitting on grass, and bushes are evident in the background.


• The knees of the woman are not shown, but her thighs, calves, high-heeled foot, stomach, torso, breasts, and one arm are highlighted. Her head is not shown.


• The woman has her knees bent and her back arched back.


• The shadow of her body is very dark underneath her, while the rest of her body is very light.


• The woman's body takes up most of the picture.


• In the upper middle of the ad, on top of the woman's lower rip cage and part of her shadow, are the words "AUTHENTICALLY BRASILIAN" in white, with the word "BRASILIAN" a few font sizes bigger.


• In the forefront, in front of the woman's toe, is a bottle that says "cabana" with designs and other writing. The writing and designs of this bottle are colored, unlike the rest of the picture.
  
  
  

• There is a blonde girl in a cage. She is squatting in the cage.


• She has her right arm bent and her right hand is in her hair.


• She is wearing denim shorts and a black top and high heels.


• She is wearing a shiny bracelet on her right arm.


• She is wearing lipstick and dark blue or purple eye shadow.


• The door to the cage is open and she is looking out through the opening.


• She has a serious facial expression as she is peering out; she looks pouty.


• The cage is small, too small for the girl.


• The shadows of the cage bars fall partially on her and partially on other parts of the cag


• In the middle of the ad is the word "bebe" in white, which covers the girl right in the middle of how much space she is taking up.

Common features:

• The woman is the focus of the ads.


• Women expose a lot of skin; they are sometimes naked.


• The skin of the woman is highlighted.


• The skin of the woman takes up a lot of the space in the ad.


• The eyes or faces of the women are sometimes not shown, but if they are their expressions are submissive and weak.


• Most of the ads have dark, insignificant backgrounds.


• A few ads have writing in white in the center of the picture of about the same size font.