magazine cover analysis

magazine cover analysis

As part of our trailer we have to make an analysis of a film cover. i found it really hard to find one which had relevance to our trailer but in the end i found these empire one.  i chose to look at the second magazine cover because it had the most relevant features when comparing it to our trailer.

I like this magazine cover as i feel its like the man is coming out of the magazine. I also like the way the eyes are so dark compared to his white face and his lips look like they are bleeding so i think that element looks quite effective to when you compare it to his pasty white face.

The title of the film that it is advertising is right below the title of the magazine. this means that as soon as the customer looks at the title of the magazine they will read the line direct below it that shows the film title, and then below that title is the tag-line for the film which can draw the customer to want to see the film by having a catchy tag-line.

above the magazine title it tells us that there are two magazine covers to collect. the second one is above the one i choose to look at with batman on the front of it. i don't feel this has as much in common as the other one but i noticed he has a mask on his face which could be the same as the way josh wears a mask on his face to be the clown in our trailer.

i like the way the text is surrounded by a green outline which looks like its glowing and its the same on the batman cover as the text is surrounded by a blue outline and i feel that this is very effective on both the covers.

both of the images on the covers are very close up which shows its importance of the character's in the film.

The two different images on the magazine covers are like a juxtaposition where they contrast against each other. the villain and the hero.

Both the magazines still have the barcode, price, and date its released which are the normal features on any magazine but on these magazines you can hardly notice them as they focus it more on the characters, the film title and the title of the whole magazine