analysis

1. Holly
Newspaperanalysis2- ManchesterEveningNews
There aren’tmanyboldimagesof characters on thisfrontcoverhoweverthere isasmall image at
the bottomof an oldman and womansmilingateachotherwhichgivesapositive impactaboutthe
article. There isalsoan image of the magazine frontcoverwhichisinside the newspaperwhich
encouragesreaderstobuyas theyfeel like they’re gettingtheirmoney’sworth. The womanis
wearinga navyblue topwithwhite stripesandthe mastheadisnavy blue andwhite which
representsthe colourscheme.Onthe image of the magazine there are twofamouscelebritiesatthe
side whichwill catchthe eye toreaderswhoare interestedincelebritybasednewstherefore it
targetsa varietyof audiences.
The main image onthisnewspaperisalarge van on topof a small Porsche sostraightaway without
evenreadinganyof the headingsthe image alreadytellsuspartof the storyas there musthave
beena crash. The oldman and womanat the bottomare smilingateachothershowingtheirteeth.
Thenthe sub title tothispicture is‘keepatight gripon yourdentures’ thisconveyswhy the old
womanand man are both smilingateachothershowingtheirteeth.Italsocouldemphasise how it’s
usuallyolderpeople whoreadnewspaperstherefore the image isusedtotargeta specificage.It
stereotypicallyshowsthatitsnormallyolderpeople whohave problemswiththeirteethaswell soit
couldbe seenas quite offensivetoelderlygenerations. The headline inbigblackboldletters
straightaway isnoticedasthere isa figure of ‘£120K’ whichadds a sense of drama to the newspaper
and the needtoread on to findoutwhathas happened.

2. Holly
There are iconicfeaturesshownonthisfrontcoversuchas the mastheadisquite iconic asthe fontis
verywell knownasthisnewspaperiswhatmostpeople inManchesterreadandit’salsoa
newspaperwhichhasbeengoingformanyyears.The image of the van and the Porsche couldalso
be seenas iconicas Porschesare an iconiccar whichcan be rare inthe UK. Onthe righthandside is
a small subtitle of ‘corrie stars’coronationstreetisa veryfamoussoap operafilmedinManchester
whichhas beengoingforthe past55 years.Itevenhas itsownslangcliché word‘corrie’because itis
so well knowninManchester.
The settingof the image of the van andPorsche lookslike itcouldbe incentral Manchester which
will targetanaudience wholive roundthere astheywill be intriguesastowhathas happenedround
theirlocal area. The mast headof the Manchestereveningnewsisinaboldserif fontspreadright
across the top of the newspapertoestablishthe importance of it.The fontof the mast headis
distinctanddiffersfromall the otherfontsusedonthe page whichmakesitstand out more. The
mast headhas alsobeenplacedinthe primaryoptical areawhichdrawsattentiontothe readers.
The textunderneaththe mainimage isthe largestandboldesttextonthe newspaperwhich
emphasisesitsrelevance andurgencytoreadon. Nextto the main image isa pun‘itsgoingto cost a
lotof doughto fix that…’thisis usedbecause the vanisa bakerydriver.The punhighlightsthe
informalityof the newspaperandconveyshow cliché itis. Below the mastheadisveryfainttextin
redwriting‘ BRITAIN’SBIGGESTREGIONAL NEWSTITLE’ thisshowsuse of overexaggerationwhich
againemphasiseshowit’saninformal newspaper.