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- 1. Font Lighting This font is bold, this makes it stand There is a bright light that Eminem is out, the NME font and the Eminem font looking into, you can see the light are the same, this might make the towards the top of his body, this light audience relate the artist with the may resemble his recovery. His facial magazine. The size of the font is used to expression shows he is shocked by it, in make it stand out. The red outline of the sub head it says the comeback that Eminem makes it stand out more. stunned the world. The use of this light may show that even Eminem himself is amazed by what he has done. Body language/staging Colour The body language of Eminem The black background makes is standing up, he seems to be the fonts stand out, the use of heading in to some light. His the white font makes the text face shows that he is surprised stand out more. The black or shocked at something. background makes it seem that Eminem is heading away form the darkness and into the light. Composition This use of colour could be The composition is laid out so the representing the information name of the magazine is in the top the is given in the sub head left hand corner, this is where about Eminem making a magazine titles are usually placed. comeback, this colour scheme The main image is placed in the could be showing how he has centre of the magazine. The other came out of the darkness and Text information is placed towards the into the light. The text on this cover is used to entice left of the magazine as it may not be the reader. The comeback that considered as a big story, compared stunned the world readers want to to the main story which is placed in find out what his comeback consisted the middle of the page. of and how he did it.
- 2. Font Colour The font of the heading The colours are light, the pink makes makes the text stand the text stand put more. The colours out, the font makes I are also similar to the clothes that the seem like the text is people in the main image are wearing. coming off the page. The use of the aluminous yellow and This makes it stand out pink are to make it stand out on the and it will attract more shelf. buyers. Apart from the heading the font is Body language/ position constant throughout the The men in the main image of walking cover. towards the camera. They are the biggest image on the cover and they are Text in the middle of it. The men are wearing The main story is in a casual clothes, this shows that they are bigger font than the rest. relaxed, especially as one of the men is This is to show the holding a drink. audience what the main Lighting focus of the magazine is. The lighting in the image is Other stories within the bright, this shows they maybe in a magazine are in a smaller hot place. The lighting makes the font. people in the image look relaxed and well. This light may represent there Composition moods as they look like they are The main image is located in the centre of happy the cover. This is to attract attention as the publishers regard it as the biggest story. The subheads are located towards the right hand side of the cover. This is to make sure the main selling point of the magazine is clearly visible
- 3. Font Lighting The font used for the subheads is the The light is coming from behind the same for each of them. The main band members. There is dark shades heading is in a font that is linked in with in the top corners of the cover, this the band, the large bold font makes the could represent dark times are coming text stand out more than the rest. for the band. It could also be a sign of the band coming out of a rough patch in there careers. Text The main head and the mast head are the biggest on the Body language page. This is what will draw the The band members have stern looks readers attention when looking on there faces. One of them is at the magazine. The use of a looking straight into the quotation gives a taster of what camera, whilst the other one is will be within the magazine, looking away into the distance. this will make people want to read on. Colour Composition The colour is dull. Black, white and The name of the magazine is located red are used. This may resemble in the top left hand corner of the the seriousness of this particular cover. The main image is located in issue the middle of the cover as it considered the main story of this issue. The name of the band is located underneath the band members heads. The other information is at the right of the cover.