The magazine cover features Eminem with tattoos and chains indicating his character. He tilts his head looking cool while holding a boom box and pointing at the camera. His tracksuit shows his fashion sense while remaining neutral. The three color palette of black, white, and red is used consistently, with red indicating danger and black suggesting darkness while white makes the colors stand out. The contents page also uses the three color palette and is divided into sections for different audiences. It includes news alongside music content to broaden the magazine's appeal.

1. Mise-En-Scene
Eminems chains and
tattoos indicate that he has
a swagger sort of look,
letting the reader know
that he has character.
The main image
shows Eminem, tilting
his head to look cool,
he is also holding a
boom box in one
hand. He is also
pointing his finger
towards the camera.
He is wearing dog
tags which is
stereotypically
gangster.
The lighting on this
magazine cover is high
key, so the reader can
identify with him.
It is also high key focus so the reader
can identify all of his facial
expressions.
Eminem's tracksuit
indicates that he has got a
fashion sense but dresses
neutral, so that he has
almost got his own style.
The three colour
palette is black
white and red, the
black indicates that
the magazine is
dark, the red colour
gives off a sense of
danger and this will
excite the reader.
Finally the white
couler helps for the
red and black
colours to stand out
more and this
exaggerates their
meanings.

2. Contents Page The magazine have
kept with the
consistency of a
three colour
palette, this being
black, red and
white. The red
colour insights
danger and this is
accompanied by
black, which makes
the reader think of
darkness. The
white colour helps
to make these two
stand out.
This contents page is split
into three different
sections, this lets the
viewer know that there is
something for everyone. It
is split into ‘features’,
‘national affairs’ and
‘departments’.
The layout of the magazine
is similar to that of a
newspaper. The picture of
Barak Obama highlights this
and shows the reader that
this is not just a music
magazine and it has factual
news about politics also.
The contents page is different to
that of a normal music magazine
as it doesn’t have an editors
letter, this helps to create a sense
of welcoming to the reader.

3. Double Page Spread.
Lady gaga has
a ambiguous
facial
expression,
indicating
what she is
about to say
in this story is
honest, severe
and genuine.
This instantly
intrigues the
reader.
The article is put into
paragraphs making it
easier on the eye of
the reader.
The theme of
this article is sex
and danger,
shown through
the colour
scheme.
The massive red L gives a sense to
the reader of Lady Gaga’s
individuality and how she stands
out compared to anyone else, it
shows this as it is the only colour
on the page.
The drop capitals
create a sense of
where different
parts of the
sequence starts
and therefor the
reader to
understand.

4. How This Will Influence My Work
• It will encourage me to make my front page’s model look neutral but still
have character.
• I will take into consideration what my model will wear, for example, if my
magazine was on hip hop, I would have the model wear chains.
• I will take into consideration my colour palette, so if I made a pop
magazine I would use purple and pink colours.
• I may change the layout of the magazine to look different so that my
reader knows that there is diversity in my magazine.
• Throughout my mgazine I will stay consistent with the colour palette of my
choice.