Analysing three magazine front covers
ANALYSING THREE FRONT COVERS OF A MAGAZINE The cover doesn’t have any writing, titles or information on it apart from his name and year of his birth and death which again, brings the focus on him. Robin Williams is positioned at the centre of the magazine, the camera and the whole front cover is focused on him. His head is in front of the masthead which makes him stand out even more. The date is placed in the right top corner in black on top of red with small font which doesn’t distract from the main thing. The background is white which makes the red masthead and border more vivid and the black clothes more noticeable. Robin is wearing all black as you would at a funeral which brings more attention to the fact that he has died. Yet still Robin still looks happy and is smiling in the photo, which could associate with his acting life mostly as a comedian. The cover has a bit irony to it as it presents Robin laughing when he has just committed suicide, which