For this front cover they have used a main image, the image used of Lana Del Rey is a mid shot and dominates the front cover, being eye catching and making the audience interact and want to buy the magazine, the image used of Lana brings the 'princess' convention in yet Lana's facial emotions are opposite to what a princess should be looking like, Lana is seen in the image not smiling and bleeding from the head this could infer that she is not happy with her life, she may seem to the public as a 'princess' but inside she's not, she just tries to be for the camera but she's not happy being a 'princess'.
This may interest the readers into wanting to know the story behind the image of Lana Del Rey.
The text 'Lana Del Rey' is in a different font to the rest of the writing and is also in a different colour, the colour used for this text is pink, which infers that Lana is a girlie-girl and likes to be represented in that way, the font used is like a marker pen, the text underneath says 'so what's so bloody good?' which gives an informal tone, which gives an opposite feel to the magazine from the 'dark' image used, this may interest the readers into wanting to read the article about Lana Del Rey to see what the article is based on and why these messages are being displayed as the main 'insider' of the whole magazine.
The barcode is displayed at the bottom right hand corner and the logo at the top left hand corner, enlarged and in the red bright colour so its the second thing you notice on the front page, this is done because the logo is showing the brand of the magazine and is an important feature of the magazine so that the audience know what genre based magazine it is etc.
At the top of the front page cover the text reads '140 you must download now', picking out certain words as 'must' makes the magazine seem demanding which makes the audience seem like they need to do what the magazine is telling them to do, as well as this using the word 'now' also makes the magazine seem demanding and also making the audience feel like its something they 'must' do right 'now' because its important or exciting for the readers.
The text 'exclusive pro green' is in pink text so that it stands out from other text and the background attracting Professor Green fans into wanting to read the magazine to see what 'news', 'gossip' or information is based on him, the word 'exclusive' makes the reader think that they have to read it to be one of the first fan to know about his latest news, music etc. as well as this the word 'exclusive' also makes the magazine seem significant to others as if they are the only magazine that is publishing this information, making the audience want to buy the magazine knowing they will be told the latest news and information.
The text "Jay-Z and Kayne West" is in red, bold text which is unusual because it doesn't link in with the bold pink text for the other text that is used for the other insiders for the articles but yet the colour red is linked with the colour of the logo 'Q' which may show the importance of the article as the logo a very important aspect of the front cover.
The background colour is white plane so that all the text stand out but yet also so the main image stands out from the background, the white background makes the pink text eye catching to the audience and noticeable.
The colourful text used in this front cover helped me decide to used bright colours so they are noticeable and stands out.
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