The document provides an analysis of the front cover of the Stockport Express newspaper. It summarizes that the cover features several images of families that tell stories through their facial expressions and settings. The main image shows an unhappy Manchester City family, suggesting something is negatively impacting their lives. Another image shows a smiling family, indicating a positive story. The gran's image emphasizes the word "misery" in the title through her dull expression. Overall, the images use family-oriented scenes, Manchester City shirts, and facial expressions to convey different stories and promote intrigue without any text.

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Analysisof aNewspaperFrontcover.- The StockportExpress
The mastheadon the frontcover isinthe primaryoptical area. The characters representedonthis
newspaperfrontcovermake itveryclearthat they’re fromManchesterasthey’re all wearing
ManchesterCityshirts.Theydonot lookhappyand have an overexaggeratedsternlookontheir
faces.The genderrepresentation isalsoverystereotypical inthe waythatthe male has a masculine
physique ashe isputtingbothhisarms aroundhis twodaughterswhoare a lotsmallerthanhim.
Alsoonthe righthandside of the newspaperthere isanotherfamilywiththeirdadhoweverit
contrastswiththe firstimage as theylookmuch happierall withhuge smilesontheirfaceswhich
makesthe newspaperseemlessserious.Underneaththisimage againthe ‘gran’againlooksvery
unhappy,thisinformshowitisall quite paternalisticdue toall the familymembersaparent.
Somethingsimilaraboutall these imagesisthatit’sall familyorientatedastheirfatherwith
daughtersandsonsand thenan olderlookingwomanwhoisa ‘Gran’.
Withoutevenreadingthe headingthe expressionsontheirfacesalreadytellastory.Such as the
man inthe city shirtwithhistwodaughtersmakesitveryclear theyhe’squite angryandhischildren
are veryupsetandlookquite scaredtherefore thisshowshow theymakingastatementthat
somethingisaffectingtheirlife. The factthattheyare all wearingthe same shirtalsoshowsthat

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theyare a family.The boldsubtitledoesn’tsaymuchhoweveritisenoughforthe readerto wantto
readon because theywantto knowwhatis happeningandwhytheyare so disturbed. The other
image of the dad withthe two boysagaintellsanotherstoryandit tellsusthat it’ll be apositive
storydue tothe smilesontheirfacesanditlookslike theyaren’ttakingthemselvestooseriously.
Thenthe image of the gran looksquite dull andmoodywhichemphasizeswhythe word‘misery’is
usedbecause itdescribeswhatherfacial expressionlookslike.
The City shirtsare veryiconicto Manchesterand withoutevenknowingwhatnewspaperitis,it’s
obviousit’saManchesterone.The Stockportexpressisalsowritteninquite aformal fontand it’s
alsoquite a commonfontwhichisusedin a lotof newspapers. There isa pun‘Brickor treat’.Puns
are quite commonlyusedinnewspaperstoadda sense of humour.There isalso productplacement
on the image withthe Kellogg’scornflakesandrice crispiesin.
The settingof the image of the dad withthe daughtersisshownbehindhimthatthere isablack bar
whichmakesisalmostclearthat it’sa council blockof apartments.The settingbehindhimalsolooks
verydull andmoodywhichreflectstheirmood.The settingonthe image of the dadwithhissonsis
justall greenerywhichalsoreflectstheirpositive moodasit’sabrightcolourand lookssunny.The
reasonthe gran is soupsetis all showninthe image of the settingshe’sinas it’sa messedup
buildingsite whichagaintellsastoryitself bythe image.
All of the camera shotsof the imagesare close upsand the lightinglooksverynatural asif it’snot
beeneditedatall whichmakesitmore realisticasitis a real life situation.Onthe mainimage the
settingof the backgroundisblurredas the camera isfocusedonthe facial expressions. The image of
the gran showsthe Gran onthe side andan outlookview of the site.