In this magazine front cover, there are specific different parts that have been used. You have the master head which is basically the title of the magazine, in this case its 'Miss Vogue'. Vogue is a well-known, popular magazine which highlights all the celebrities, film and the whole media industry that is happening at the moment. In this case, model and now an actress, Cara Delevingne is the main focus of the magazine this time. The picture have used a close-up shot which only shows Cara's face. The colours used are specifically to do with girls as this is 'Miss' Vogue which is for girls/women only. To support this, all you can see on the cover are the colours; pink, red and white. The sub-headings that are on the cover tells us what we can expect from inside this magazine. This includes; Henry Holland and Pixie Geldof, beauty and current star, Cara Delevinigne. As you can tell, everything important on the cover is in bold, underlined or in capitals which suggests that everything in this magazine is a must to read, that all the stories that are featured should be read. It also doesn't give the reader too much hints or spoilers to what the actual story is about. It only tells us two or three key words which they know would pick our interest. The sub-heading about 'Love their look' is in a star as it suggests that it's the magazine's star story and it is also eye catching. Cara's eyes in this picture is daring, almost persuasive and it also looks like she holds a lot of secrets that would only be revealed if you read the magazine. Also, the way Cara's hands are positioned in a heart shape proves to the readers that this is only for girls because stereotypically, girls only do that. In this case it is like Cara is giving the reader's love.
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Empire magazine is specifically known for displaying still pictures from upcoming, must see films that are either in cinemas or coming soon. In this Empire cover, we have mid-shot Iron Man who is promoting Iron Man 2. Normally, the cover's are only the films that the critics would think would do good in the box office. Empire is the master head for this magazine cover and the font and colouring is electric blue which relates a lot to Iron Man itself and the colour of his 'heart'. The background is mainly black which helps to bring out the colour of the 'Empire' title and the Iron Man suit. It also gives you a dark, mysterious and adventurous side to it and this is also representing in the position in which Iron Man is stand, with his head slightly down and the way that he looks heavily built to suggest action, also the way the light of his electronic 'heart' shining straight into your eyes gives the impression that the film will be serious. Furthermore, if the reader looks at the electronic 'heart' long enough, it'll make you squint and narrow your eyes to make you look a bit like iron Man himself. The way that all the other stories and reviews are at the bottom,, out of the way of the main focus to show that these stories are less important and can be looked at later. On this magazine cover, there isn't that many things that is covering the page like the 'Miss Vogue' magazine, but the feel and atmosphere, just by looking at it makes you feel like Iron Man is confronting you and it also shows you what the feel of the actual full film would be. What Empire has that 'Miss Vogue' doesn't is a barcode. This gives an impression that we all know that Empire is cheaper than Miss Vogue which is why they put a barcode on it, but Miss Vogue hasn't, and its almost like there hiding it, like they don't want the reader to focus on the price, just what the magazine involves and what it is featuring.
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This GQ magazine cover has many sub headings and the actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt as their main celebrity to be on their cover. They have used a mid-shot of Joseph in the centre of the page to show the readers that he is the main attraction, that he, according to the sub heading, is their 'boy wonder'. The only and main colours used in this cover are; red, grey, black and white. all of these colours show simplicity and the are not very distracting. they have shown this by making Joseph Gordon-Levitt wear grey as well. This shows that their is a theme for the colours. They have also made him roll his sleeves up and not wear a blazer to show that the magazine and he is casual and there isn't any fuss about anything on Joseph and the magazine itself. The way they made him wear a tie contrasts with the casualness idea to show that its also a smart magazine. The clever thing about GQ is that they represent who they are and their story through what they make their main celebrity wears. Also, the fact that the sub stories are not on Joseph as its all around him proves that whatever story they have on him is a good one as the sub story heading for him is bolder than the rest. All of the other sub headings are smaller than the 'boy wonder' one to show that they are less important, but is shows the readers the amount of stories and news they have put in their magazine. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's facial expression is not a serious one which shows the reader that the magazine is all about entertainment and the celebrity news. The story at the side about the 'madman across the water' is in a red box to show us that the story should be seen and that it is an unbelievable, mad story but its not as important as Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The magazine's background is white to make the writing on the cover stand out more and that nothing is a distraction to the main celebrity they have on it.
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