Magazine Front Cover Analysis

 

• The magazines title is featured at the top of the layout in big bold lettering, showing its importance in terms of marketing. Contrasting colours have been used to catch the audiences attention, as a way of advertising the product. If it stands out, people are more likely to take an interest in the product and therefore more people end up buying it.
  
• We see the main character (main image) pictured centre of the magazine showing this is the most important feature. This picture normally contains a shot from the film to also generate interest to the upcoming film and engage a wider audience. So film magazines in general attract only the readers of the magazine and people who are interested in learning about films. We see the main image pictured all in black giving the character a dark, but mysterious feel to him. The fact he is holding two guns immediately gives away the genre of the film and suggest the character could be involved in a chase or some kind of violence.

• This bar code is presented on every film magazine, with the price usually beneath it in order for the product to be sold. We see the gun pointing towards the audience making us feel tense and intimidated. This also shows the character to have power and authority as he is handling deadly weapons.  

• The use of a famous actors name can engage fans of the actor and further promotion of the film. This creates high expectation for the film as if his previous projects have been of a high standard, the current project should follow that. The makers of the magazine have used an attractive, well-known actor in order to manipulate a female audience into purchasing the product.

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  This part of the magazine contains extra information about other features in the magazine which could also attract a wider audience as if they aren’t engaged by what is on the front cover, they may be engaged by the information inside.

• The USP of this magazine is that the main image is a well-known actor encouraging an audience to purchase the magazine as a high expectation level is created from this. The image created by the magazine, suggest this film to have a sci-fi, or space theme to it with elements of horror and thriller.