Photography: Magazine Layout

In this edition of Vogue they have used Rihanna as the main image. They have placed her in the central third, this means she will stand out a lot more. They have placed her head over the masthead, this implies that they are confident enough to know that their audience will still know it's their magazine even though part of the name is covered. This also allows us to clearly see her full head and face making her stand out therefore making the whole magazine more interesting and eye-catching. The background they have used is mainly blue as its an image of Rihanna standing on a balcony with a sea view. The main colour scheme is black and white, with a little red. The main cover lines are written in bold writting so that they stand out a lot more, they are also the only stories that are written in black. Then the tag lines are a smaller text and are written in white which shows a contrast between the more interesting stories because they are made more noticable.

 

Whereas Empire has a very different layout. although again the celebrity used, Robert Patterson is placed in the center, the masthead is placed over him covering his head slightly. This implies that they arent as confident about their audience as Vogue. The colour scheme they have used for this eddition is red, white and yellow. All these colours stand out which makes the magazine more eye-catching. The masthead is big, bold and bright red, this will mean the audience will regocnise it a lot quicker. Therefore the two magazines i have chosen use very different photography with their front covers vogue uses a mid-shot whereas
Empire uses a close up.