Class Task

                                    Class Task

The two magazine covers of Vanity Fair and The Source are very different in certain ways. One way that these differentiate is the colours used on the covers. The Vanity fair cover uses just black and white which shows the magazine as a sophisticated magazine whereas The Source also uses red to show the idea of danger that relates to the target audience and who the magazine will be read by. Also the use of thirds is used on these covers to really represent the two main images on these covers. On the source magazine the use of thirds is used to highlight the three main parts of the cover which in this case are the eyes of the man on the front, also the cover line of The Game and last to highlight the hand with the gun in about to shoot whereas on the other magazine the use of thirds are used to highlight her face, the word lady gaga and the cover line style issue. the main focal points on these magazines are also very different, on the vanity fair magazine the main focal point is instantly her face and the audience is drawn straight to that whereas on the the other cover also the the face is again another point of focal, the main point is the gun to the head showing different sides to the magazine. In the two magazine covers there are two different shot types used, on the Vanity Fair magazine a medium shot is used showing the entire body whereas The Source uses a close up shot zoomed on just the head of the model, this is too emphasise both images as on The Source it is emphasising the gun to the head and making it stand out whereas Vanity Fair wants to show her entire body to show her clothes and her pose and uses this different shot.