This magazine cover shows the two singers of Arcade Fire. They way the present each of the singers is key to this cover. Win Butler has a serious expression showing he sings most of the songs for the band and his tracks are not as carefree as Regine Chassagne's. This therefore sticks to the bands philosophy. Regine's happy facial expression shows how she sings more of the 'poppier' sounding songs so again sticks to the bands philosophy. Direct adress is also used in this cover image to make the reader feel connected to the star and feel the seriousness too of Win's face.
On this cover, The Beatles are shown, but each member is blocked differently. Paul is at the forefront of the image showing that the article involved is to do with Paul, but could also show how some people could consider Paul to be the lead singer of The Beatles. The rest of the band are behind Paul and are smaller than him which suggests that Paul is bigger, popularity wise, than the rest of the band, so the magazine have carefully blocked each member. The fact that John Lennon is at the very back of the image can suggest that he broke up The Beatles and is essentially being punished for it through this image.
I've done this excercise to look at the different effects of the cover image of a magazine. It has shown me the effects of blocking, direct adress and how the facial expression and pose of a cover star can show the philosophy of a band.
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