GQ magazine covers typically feature: 1) A mid-shot or medium close-up of an attractive celebrity directly addressing the camera. 2) Clothing and lighting that highlight the subject's face and communicate sophistication, style, and class. 3) Color schemes, cover lines, and mastheads that intrigue and persuade readers to purchase the magazine for its coverage of topics related to men's and women's fashion, lifestyle, and entertainment.

1. NEA Research Task 1
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3. Conventions
Direct address
Main image
High-key lighting
Body language
Cover lines and masthead
Themes
Clothing and colours schemes

4. GQ COVER
• Mid shot
• Centre screen
• Direct address
• Non verbal communication – confident
• Outfit – suit, professional,
• Colour scheme – luxury colours black and gold
• Lighting highlights his face
• Lighting draws attention to top half
• Endorsement, using David Beckham and Wiz Khalifa
• Mast head – drawing the viewer in and persuading to buy more
• Cover titles such as “where to go to get very drunk” and “ the
cheap Mans guide to looking expensive.
• Themes – Sophistication, Style and Class
• Male orientated, talking a lot about men

5. GQ COVER
• Medium close up shot
• Centre screen
• Direct address
• Non verbal communication – confident
• Outfit – dress, low neck, seductive
• Colour scheme – White and Red serious and romantic
• Lighting highlights her check bones and collar bones
• Lighting draws attention her face and eyes
• Endorsement, using Kate Moss draw in male and female readers
• Body language shoulders away from camera more natural
• Female oriented, talks a lot about women
• Mast head, interesting news about Kate Moss
• Cover lines also intrigue readers to buy a copy