The Big Issue (Paddingtion Revision)
Location : a snowy street in london - with the big ben visibly in the background, its clock face illuminating the night. I believe they have used this to highlight the fact that london contains the most homeless people in England, and so in weather like this, the beauty of the city is lost by homeless people struggling for survival. On a lighter note, i believe they have used london because the theme is based on Paddington - an iconic British character. Due to this then, with them both coupled together it makes the magazine seem very nationalistic which may push people to buy it. Interestingly, on this predominantly British cover, it is captioned with 'migrant' which is almost then an oxymoron for the cover, but is used to show how the british should accept people being in our country and city. In terms of the camera, we see that it is a long shot as well as a low shot, meaning Paddington is looking down on us and waving, thus creating the image of him being friendly and dr...
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