OUGD404 - Study Task 04 - Figure/Ground

Empire is a film based magazine, film is based on image so it makes sense the publication focuses on it too. The figure on nearly every page is an image to draw in the viewers eye to the story and make them want to read it. the ground mainly the text surrounds the images to show what it is focusing on. The text itself is not justified and instead is aligned to the left making the readability more for the viewer. The ground also uses a lot of white space as not to distract you when looking at each page unless they are wanting to lead your eye like on the bottom right image with a luminous orange background. The double page spreads are used sparingly to show off big releases and the film that is featured on the over runs subtly throughout building up the excitement for the main story. Although the type is aligned to the left the figure is mostly centre aligned.

Like the last publication this uses the images as the main figure as your eye is drawn to them but the ground and the writing takes up most of the page. Some pages the font is justified making neat blocks of text and some is aligned left. There is less white but also more as there is more text but because there isn't too much going on on the page then you can read the text easier. If there's more content then use less design.

This particular magazine uses a lot of full pages for one image. This means the main figure on one page can be an image but on the page next to it you can feature writing about the image. This is using the space to a potential that might not be available all the time if you have to worry about costs or content. There is a lot of  white space as not to overcrowd the spreads and make it more pleasing to the eye.

The publication above is a local one for LCA. Based heavily around design images are key but because the publication is on a budget the sizing is B5 and pages are limited. Most pages use the images as the main figure and only use a small amount if any type. Some use a lot of text meaning the images are smaller or there are less of them meaning the text is the main figure. White space is used to free up the space and make it lighter but the opposite is used to draw your eye and change your focus in some areas.