Horror magazine,

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Masthead: THE MASTHEAD FOR THE FANGORIA MAGAZINE S IN A SHARP RED FONT. THE COLOUR RED CONNOTES DANGER AND GORE AND THIS REPRESENTS TO THE AUDIENCE THIS IS A MAGAZINE OF THE GENRE HORROR. THE FONT IS ALSO VERY SHARP EDGES ON THE ‘F’ AND ‘A’ THE SHARP EDGES ALSO CONNOTE THE IDEA OF DANGER AS SHARP EDGES HAVE THE ABILITY TO HURT PEOPLE AND THIS ADDS A SENSE OF THRILL TO THE MAGAZINE WHEN ADDED UP WITH THE MAIN IMAGES AND STORIES, THIS IDEA OF THRILL WILL ATTRACT HORROR MOVIE FANS TO HE MAGAZINE AS IT WILL REMIND OF THE ADRENALINE RUSH THEY ENJOY GETTING FROM A HORROR FILM OF AN SUBGENRE WEATHER IS PSYCHOLOGICAL OR SPLATTER. LOTS OF EFFECTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TEXT TO MAKE IT STAND OUT AGAINST THE MAGAZINE AND ALMOST LOOK LIKE IS JUMPING OF THE PAGE, THIS HELPS ADD TO THE THRILLING ELEMENT OF HE MAGAZINE AS IT MAKES THE MASTHEAD STAND OUT IN A BOLD WAY.

Main image: THE MAIN IMAGE IS OF A CARTOON HORROR FIGURE. THE NVC OF THE CARTOON IS VERY FIERCE AS HE IS LOOKING DOWN AT SOMETHING R SOMEONE WHICH IS SUGGESTING POWER AND THIS CONTRAST WITH THE GLOWING GREEN COLOUR OF HIS EYES WHICH IS NOT A NORMAL EYE COLOUR, SUGGESTING THE CREATURE HAS THE ABILITY TO USE HIS UNNATURAL LOOKS T INTIMIDATE AND SCARE PEOPLE WHICH WILL ATTRACT HORROR FANS TO THE MAGAZINE AS IT CLEARLY SHOWS HE MAGAZINE IS OF THE HORRORGENRE. THE CREATURE IS USING TO PROPS IN THE IMAGE ONE BEING A MASK TO COVER HIS FACE AND THE OTHER PROP IS A KNIFE COVERED IN BLOOD. THE MASK IS COVERING THE CREATURES FACE AND CONNOTES HE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE CREATING A ELEMENT OF THRILL TO AUDIENCE ALSO THIS IS ADDED WITH THE PROP OF THE KNIFE AS ITS COVERED IN BLOODSUGGESTING TO AN AUDIENCE ‘SPLATTERHOUSE’ HAS A HIGH ELEMENT OF GORE WHICH CONNOTES ITS SUB-GENRE TO BE SPLATTER. THE CHARACTER IN THIS IMAGE IS NO A HUMAN THEREFORE CAMERA LIGHTING IS NOT AN ELEMENT BUT HOWEVER THEIR HAS BEEN SOME HIGHLIGHTING AROUND THE CREATURES FACE WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE USE OF THE MASK AS THE CREATURE IS HIDING HIS IDENTITY. THE HIGH KEY HIGHLIGHTING AS CONNOTES THE IDEA OF POWER THAT THE CREATURE HAS SUGGEST TO THE AUDIENCE HE IS THEAUTHORITY FIGURE IN SPLATTERHOUSE THEREFORE HOPING IN PERSUADES THEM TO WHAT TO READ ABOUT IN AND THROUGH THIS BUY THE MAGAZINE.

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THE DATE-LINE OF THE MAGAZINE IS PRESENTED ON THE

FAR LEFT NEXT TO THE MASTHEAD SO IT’S THE FIRST

THING THE BUYS CAN SEE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE

MAGAZINE STACKED UP ON A SHELF. THE DATELINE IS

ALSO PUT HERE SO IS OUT OF HE WAY OF THE COVER

LINES AND INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S INSIDE THE

MAGAZINE AND THE EDITOR HAS DONE THIS SO I

DOESN’T SPOIL THE PERSUADE DESIGN ON THE FRONT

COVER TO GET AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO BUY THE

MAGAZINE.

Main cover-line THE MAIN-COVERLINE OF THIS MAGAZINE IS THE WORD

‘SPLATTER HOUSE’ THIS IS PRESENTED IN VERY

ABNORMAL YELLOW FONT. THE FONT MAKES THE

LETTERS STAND OUT SHARPLY LIKE THE MASTHEAD SO IT

THEREFORE AGAIN CONNOTES THE IDEA OF DANGER

THE ‘O’ IN THE WORD ‘HOUSE’ IS ALSO REPLACED WITH

THE MASK ON HE CREATURE IN THE MAIN IMAGE THIS

CONNECTS THE MAIN IMAGE AND THE MAIN COVER

LINE FOR THE AUDIENCE AND SHOWS THE MAIN COVER

LINE IS ABOUT THE GORY CREATURE THIS CONNOTES

THE IDEA THIS MAGAZINE ISSUE IS BASED AROUND

GORE AND THEIR FORE WILL ATTRACT SPLATTER AND

SLASHER HORROR MOVIE FANS.

Other cover-lines THE OTHER COVER-LINES ARE PRESENTED MAINLY IN THE SAME FONT AS THE MAIN TO STICK WITH THE COLOUR SCHEME OF THE MAGAZINE, HOWEVER THEY ARE IN SMALLER AND LESS SHOCKING TEXTS. THIS CONNOTES TO THE AUDIENCE THAT THESE COVER LINES ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT ARTICLES IN THE MAGAZINE AS THE MAIN. THIS IS ALSO SHOWN AS THEY ARE PLACED EITHER AT THE TOP OF THE BOTTOM OF THE MAGAZINE AS THE MAGAZINE DOES NOT HAVE A LEFT THIRD. AND THIS HELPS TO ALLOW THE MAIN IMAGE AND MAIN COVERLINE TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS’ OF THE MAGAZINE FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS.

Colour-scheme THE BACKDROP OF THIS MAGAZINE IS AN ELECTRIC

BLUE COLOUR HOWEVER IT IS COVERED WITH

SPLATTERS OF BLOOD. THIS HELPS ADD TO THE

THEME OF GORE IN THE MAGAZINE AND ATTRACT

THE AUDIENCE OF GORE FANS TO THE EDGES OF THE

MAGAZINE TO PULL IT OUT FROM A SHELF IN HOPE

ITS SOMETHING THEIR INTERESTED IN. THE

MASTHEADS COLOUR IS RED ADDING TO THE GORE

THEME WHIST THE OTHER COVER LINES ARE IN

BRIGHT YELLOW CONTRASTING AGAINST THE BLUE

BACKDROP CAUSING THE MAGAZINE TO STAND

OUT.

Barcode THE BARCODE PRESENTED ON THIS MAGAZINE IS THE

TRADITIONAL BARCODE FOR STANDARD MAGAZINES ON THE

BOTTOM FAR LEFT OF THE PAGE. THIS IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE

PAGE SO ITS EASY FOR SHOP KEEPERS AND READERS TO SEE

AND ALSO THIS MEANS IT DOESN’T INTERFERE WITH THE

OVERALL DESIGN OF THE MAGAZINE.

Other images THE OTHER IMAGES ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE MAGAZINE ARE PRESENTED OVER A BANNER GOING ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE MAGAZINE MAKING IT EASY FOR THE READER TO SEE AND THEREFORE CATCH THEIR ATTENTION. THE THREE IMAGES ARE ALL HEAD SHOTS OF HUMANS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HORROR AND THIS IS SHOWN THROUGH THE MODELS MAKE-UP AKA ‘FAKE BLOOD’ AND NVC FOR EXAMPLE ‘SHOCK OR HORROR’. THE THREE IMAGES ARE ALL FROM DIFFERENT MOVIES THAT HOPEFULLY HORROR AUDIENCES WILL RECOGNISE SO THIS THEREFORE SHOWS THAT THE REASONS BEHIND ADDING THE OTHER IMAGES IS TO PERSUADE BUT ALSO HELPS TO MAKE THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE MAGAZINE MORE APPEALING.