This magazine cover has so much going on however it’s the words in big, bold writing that grab your attention. The main cover line 'Heartbreak' is a word reflected by the main image of Stacy and Bradley's facial expressions. It is the lead article and is the first thing you notice when you look at the cover. This may be because that is the hottest news out at the time. We get a plot of what is happening to everyone just by looking at the front cover, so much information is thrown at the audience it either makes you want to read on inside or not feel like you need to. Different characters from different soaps are all included on the front cover and information about each one is given. This may be to attract a bigger audience that is attracted to various soaps or one or the other. There are lots of red, orange and blue used.
The mast head of the magazine name is printed in red to stand out from the rest of all the writing. On the cover line it says 'Walford Car Crash!' as if it's a news headline; this brings the soap story to life. There are lots of images of the characters in the soaps and below them is a little phrase about each one. On Ronnie’s picture it says "PREGNANT!...by a dead man" this is attention grabbing as the word 'Pregnant' is in big, black, bold letters, the word 'dead' is emphasized by being coloured in yellow. All characters in the main image use direct address, looking straight at the reader and making them feel connected to the character. These captions give you an idea of what the story for this week. On the skyline of the cover there is a lure bribing the audience “First for BIG soap news”. Big is written in big, bold red letters to catch audience’s eyes, it also includes a ‘7 day TV guide’ if you are not satisfied with the first offer.
The use of mainly primary colours is conventional for TV magazine covers, these colours used will be able to contrast against the different characters shown through it and also attracts the attention of the reader as the colours in the magazine shows that there is a lot going on. The font that is used in the magazine is in full capital and in bold letters also this is placed like this so that it is the first thing that attracts the audience right away, this has been done in many TV magazines that i have viewed so far. Also the layout is very conventional the main one in the middle and the least important are scattered around the page.
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