Film Magazine Cover Analysis

Film Magazine Cover Analysis

This film magazine cover is what I would perceive as being as having the typical conventions of a film magazine. It has a picture of the main character Sherlock Holmes, bold font for the film title, bold masthead and the puffs are neat with subheadings with larger font to show the importance and what is in the puffs.  The bar code is in the right hand corner, there are three images overlapping in the corner which show different films of the '10 coolest movie being made now'. Also it is obvious that the image has been photo shopped and has text boxes to inform the audience of what the films are called. A colour scheme of blue, white and grey are used throughout this front cover to relate to the background and the genre of the film and type of colours that represent that genre which is a thriller film. I really like this film magazine cover as it presents the typical conventions and the picture of Robert Downey Jr overlaps the masthead which is very effective.

  

This film poster is one that challenges the conventions of a magazine cover as it the puffs are uneven as the picture of his arm cannot be overlapped as it is part of the cover which makes it obvious what the genre of the film is. There is alot of overlapping of Jack Sparrow. There are alot of colours in the colour scheme;red,yellow, black, blue and white. However in some parts of the cover you cannot make out the font and this makes the cover harder to read. The font is bold and quite chunky, words such as; 'essential', 'preview' encourage readers to read the magazine and to intrigue readers into the film, which is what the magazine is supposed to do;advertise the film. 

This film magazine cover 'Film In' challenges magazines conventions by having the scenery of the background as the film, it sets the film in where its actually filmed at as it has an eerie background. The font colors all match; red, white, yellow and white some outlined in black, also some orange font. The picture overlapps the masthead, This is a good front cover for a magazine of this film as the boldest font shows that the films title; 'Twilight'. This is a good representation for a film magazine cover, it inspires me to be creative with my cover. Highlighted fonts are used;'Exclusive sneak peek!' words to engage the audience are used to make it more appealing for the audience to read. However the barcode is in the left hand side corner of the page which challenges the conventions as its normail at the right bottom hand side.

This film magazine cover 'Empire' is a bold front cover as it has bold and bright colours to represent the fire and the action in films. The layering of the pictures show that 'Men In Black 3' probably has he biggest section of the magazine as the picture is the biggest out of the three. The others pictures are in the background show that their stories will be smaller. The grey subtitles inform the audience what films the actors are in. The bottom pictures are set out like a comic strip a most of the films at the bottom are comics,animated or have a story to them. This is a clever layout as it presents comics in a different way also the bold yellow outline makes the box stand out more. This is my favourite film magazine cover as it shows the typical conventions; the barcode being placed at the bottom right hand corner. Also challenges them as it doesnt have puffs or a slogan.

These magazines are all inspirational in different ways as I have different ideas for my magazine now and I can also use my skills from last years coursework to help me develop my magazine skills.