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This document analyzes the cover of a magazine called "The Big Issue" that uses references to the movie "Home Alone" to draw in readers. It includes Kevin's screaming face photoshopped onto a homeless person and the "Home Alone" logo in the cover line. These familiar intertextual references aim to make the issue of homelessness more relatable. As "Home Alone" was widely seen, this cover would appeal to a large audience and potentially increase sales.
This document analyzes the cover of a magazine called "The Big Issue" that uses references to the movie "Home Alone" to draw in readers. It includes Kevin's screaming face photoshopped onto a homeless person and the "Home Alone" logo in the cover line. These familiar intertextual references aim to make the issue of homelessness more relatable. As "Home Alone" was widely seen, this cover would appeal to a large audience and potentially increase sales.
This document analyzes the cover of a magazine called "The Big Issue" that uses references to the movie "Home Alone" to draw in readers. It includes Kevin's screaming face photoshopped onto a homeless person and the "Home Alone" logo in the cover line. These familiar intertextual references aim to make the issue of homelessness more relatable. As "Home Alone" was widely seen, this cover would appeal to a large audience and potentially increase sales.
- Kevins recognisable screaming face on the homeless persons body
- Movie logo embedded in main cover line These well-known intertextual references draw the reader in immediately. The familiarity of the references entices the audience as it makes the issue more relatable to the consumer. Also, Home Alone is a film watched by a variety of people (both genders, all age groups from 7-70 years old, all social groups) therefore this Big Issue cover would appeal to a larger majority of the public, increasing the potential for sales. Main Photo Magazine Masthead Denotation- homeless Denotation- The Big woman, posed, few Issue, Red, San serif belongings & run down font, contrasting white (low economic area), background low lighting Connotation- contrast Connotation- makes catches the audiences the reader feel eye, represents type of empathetic towards magazine/ could imply people that are worse the type of content that off than them, photo could be inside the could represent issue vulnerability of Cover line homelessness. The low, the homeless dingy lighting also used population is rising; to represent the sad, what are we going to hopeless emotion do about it? around the topic of Denotation-serif black homelessness, further font trying to make the Connotation- reader feel empathetic raising awareness for Price the issue of Denotation- 2.50, high homelessness, appeal magazine price to public to help & Connotation- may emphasis need to help further emphasis to the Slogan audience the need to Denotation- yellow san financially help the serif font homeless, price point Connotation- bold yellow may indicate the main contrasting colour social class it appeals to attracts the audiences Main Cover line eye Denotation- Home Alone this Christmas= intertextual reference to Home Alone, Christmas links to time of year its sold (November), serif text font, Home Alone logo, white yellow & red text Connotation- aims to make the reader feel empathy towards homelessness at Christmas, whereas other magazines are displaying Christmas in a positive cheerful light this Big Issue cover highlights the negative sadness aspects that still go on around Christmas- this could be hard hitting to the reader as its an uncommon magazine topic for the typically joyful season.