Magazine cover research film

Footer – Last information the reader sees, indicated by the word ‘plus’

Extra information for the reader

Coverline–Additional information for the reader, something else to entice them.

Header – above masthead, adjective ‘greatest’ to entice audience, with picture to attract reader

Main Coverline–

Shutter Island, tells

the reader that this is

the main story of the

issue

Magazine logo –‘Total Film’ Bold, block white, upper case letters used to write ‘film’, and ‘total’ is written in much smaller, block, upper case black letters inside the ‘F’. The title is layered underneath the main image which is conventional of a magazine.

Barcode – Key convention of a magazine

Coverline& sub image –additional information of contents to entice reader

Main Image –

Bright, bold,

minimal

background so it

doesn’t detract

from DiCaprio

Tag – ‘Exclusive’, words which draw the reader in to make them choose this magazine

Pull Quote – ‘It’s got everything’

TYPOGRAPHY – Use of capital letters, mixture of the colours red and white (predominantly red), majority of writing which is headers is in bold block font which stands out from the background. The single character of the main image slightly covers the magazine name, shows the magazine is confident that readers will still easily identify what magazine it is.