EXAM Q4

On the cover of this MOJO magazine, the main splash of the musician is the boldest, eye-capturing image on the whole cover. His head covers the head-mast because we already are familiar with the brand MOJO, and it is clearly evident what it says. However, it is significant that this artist's head covers the word, because that is how we know he is the most important thing on the cover, and so, the biggest musician featured within the magazine. To support this idea, his name is the next biggest word featured, other than the mast-head. This way, we know even more about the face on the cover and how 'Ray Davies' is the biggest topic.

Sidelining his face are the other smaller topics of the magazine. The fact that they are not to one side of him, or going across him, but that they are circling his face, shows that, even with all these extra stories, he is the main feature.

The magazine also colour-coordinates around the musician. The main colour features are black, white and red. This gives the impression that the magazine is sophisticated. The main-splash supports this by not staring directly at the reader - instead he is staring into the distance which creates an enhanced allusion of sophistication. The yellow adds contrast to the cover by being a slightly more fun colour and representing the more exciting parts of the magazine.