The layout follows the 'route of the eye' theory to guide the audience's gaze from the album title to the band artwork to release details. San serif fonts in white contrasting with a blue background are used conventionally throughout. The image depicts a mid-shot of a girl with indie-styled long hair and pale, neutral colors symbolic of freedom against a hilled backdrop to leave space for text without blocking the image.

1. Typography Layout
The layout follows the ‘Route of the
The font styles that are used on eye theory’. The audience’s eyes are
the front cover are conventionally drawn to the album title and the
indie, they are bold and stand out band who created it and then to the
on the page, especially ‘The Kooks band artwork on the right.
– Junk of the Heart’. The fonts Finally, they look at when the album
used are the same throughout the is out at the bottom of that page
advertisement and are all san and where they can get it from. The
serif fonts. The font colours are article is fairly spaced out and isn’t
white which contrast with the to concentrated with lots of
information on the album just the
background (blue) so it stands out
basic. The main part of the image is
on the page. The font style which
to the left of the writing so it isn’t
is used is much like the kasabian blocked by the text on the right
font style which is very basic and hand side. It is quite a conventional
bold. The font style relates to the layout for an indie magazine article
genre because of this as its as it is fairly basic, much like the
conventional album covers too.
Colours Image
The colours that are used are The image which is used is taken
quite pale for example the pale at a mid shot of the girl (waist
blue sky and the pale orangey red up). Different shot types on indie
around the girl. The colours used artwork aren't really
aren't too bright and vibrant as conventional but long shots
Mise-en-Scene
the article could be mistaken for a aren't really used much. The
pop genre album. The colours that composition of the shot is so that
The colours of the girls costume, white and black, are are used in the artwork sort of
conventional indie colours. Her hair that is long and the girl is positioned to the right
symbolize what the image is of the image so that the writing
swept across her face is also very indie-like. The setting trying to say. The girl with her
which is used (with the hills in the background) is very and information can be placed
hands in the air is sort of symbolic over the backdrop of the image.
symbolic of the freedom theme they are trying to to freedom and the pale blue sky
create. emphasises that.