Entertainment Magazine Cover Analysis
Entertainment magazine (EW) is an American magazine published my Time Inc.; this magazine specializes in television, film, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture. EW targets a more general audience than the other magazines in the co-operation that targets industry insiders. This specific magazine is focusing on the film Catching Fire, part of The Hunger Games trilogy which went from a book to a film. The model in the image is the main character from this trilogy and is looking directly at the camera and in today’s generation Jennifer Lawrence is viewed as one of the world’s hottest women (as told by FHM magazine) and this helps capture viewer’s eye with Jennifer’s. Having this actor, who is the main character of the film and labelled one of the world’s hottest women, allows the magazine to gain more circulation and readership. The bold masthead is positioned behind Jennifer and is almost unreadable, yet as this magazine is such a popular choice for readers, people instantly know the name and look from its own iconic font and layout. Having the masthead behind the model allows her to stand out from the magazine adding a sense of realism. The designers tend to use models looking towards the camera and positioned in the middle with a dramatic face, fitting the films atmosphere. The background of the model is a scene from the film, a dramatic part in where the fights take place and having this model with this pose shows her luring murderous gaze. Also the pathetic fallacy use of the rain adds to this theme of drama and action and the rain is also overlaying the masthead, continuing to make the model stand out while also giving the magazine a simplistic yet intriguing outcome. Having some parts of the text bold shows the reader the most important and iconic parts, for example BREAKING BAD FINALE is capitalized and is something that was a massive hit at this magazines time.