The most prominent feature that Empire magazine has on first glance is how imposing its images are and how it stands out instantly on a page. Every issue - including the one above - has the main stand-out character of a particular feature film (protagonist or antagonist) on the front cover; dominating the page. The font for the film's title (the main feature/article) is also altered every issue for the theme of the feature film and helps make each issue wildly different in design and very eye-catching. The front cover features high-key lighting that appears edited or filtered and when/if creating a magazine front cover for the A2 course, I would recommend doing the same to have a well lit, imposing front cover. Note also that the magazine has forefronted the articles and content of the film with bordered captions and made other details like the price much smaller; being barely visible from a distance just above the barcode. The left-third portion of this cover takes up more precedence than the "pugs" and other details like the strapline. In addition, the top and bottom banners (header and footer) are quite prominent on the page with bold text in all capitals for the font and the bottom banner is even highlighted with a border behind the text.
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