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.