The text all stays with the theme of
black white and pink excluding the title
of ‘soap life’ which is intentionally a
different colour to separate it from the
Xcluding the
sub-headings. The main sub-heading
and also the largest portrayed storyline
is of Eastenders Ryan and Janine. The
writing is in capitals which creates
drama and draws attention and being
coloured in pink it reflects love. This
contrasts the smaller heading lower
case underneath and black text which
indicates there is a twist in their
‘romance’. This is next to a photo of
‘Stacey’ looking towards the happy
looking couple angrily. Her picture is
only small but creates a big impact as it
emphasises the upcoming hostility in
the storyline.
Any photographs used in the cover are
natural which give the reader a feel
that they have been previewed an
actual piece of the drama that they will
be viewing on their screens just
prematurely. This increases curiosity
as they have received a taste of what’s
to come and will there for want to
know the conclusion of such events.
All of the backgrounds are contrasting
to the photographs and texts. The
dominant background is white which
the background is for Janine and Ryan
and this connotes innocence. The other
photographs denote pink and red
connoting a mixture of romance, love
and violence.
The two most dramatic sub-headings are
that of ‘MASSIVE EXIT’ and ‘SECRET OUT’.
By using emotive words our attention is
immediately drawn to these storylines.
This is also backed up by the red
background which connotes danger and
demands instant attention. The red is also
affective as it contrasts with the texts and
highlights the fonts well. However the
most important words in the titles are
highlighted yellow making them stand out
even more than they originally would
have. The drama is also shown by the
double use of ‘!!??’ Punctuation is usually
used to highlights the subheadings with
the explanation mark making the text
appear it’s shouting at you for your
attention and a question mark creates
curiosity as the storyline is not officially
confirmed. By using double these it uses
both of these techniques to attract their
audience and potential viewers. Along the
bottom sub-heading the soap cover used
repetition to highlight all of the different
soaps and each of their important
storylines. It is also catchy and by using
words that sound similar such as ‘drugged’
‘locked’ and ‘stitched’ which are also
almost rhyming the viewers feel as though
the soaps are although dramatic also light
hearted and this will draw attraction to
watching them. the word ‘up’ is repeated
and always colour black indicating a link in
the soaps and equally advertising them
affectively.