Film magazine cover BY AYA WANIS

What is a film magazine cover A magazine cover is the front page of a magazine

promoting a certain film and informing the audience that the content of the magazine is linked to film on the front

cover. Films are advertised on magazines especially known ones such as empire as their will be a greater

audience and the movie will increase in popularity which leads to a higher income or net worth. Magazine covers usually use bold writing and creative images/colour to

make it seem more satisfying.

What makes a successful magazine cover ? A main convention in a film magazine cover, is that use an image of the

character that has eye contact with the audience. This makes the cover more effective and engaging.

Using a good unique colour scheme can attract the audiences attention and reflect the genre of the movie or the clothing of the character which makes the cover seem professional.

Simplicity is key because the cover needs to be clear and suitable to read. Bold heading with a sharp font that stands out and clear banners. 3D imagery of the main characters as this will seek more audience attention

because of their favourite or respected character. Iconography relating to the narrative and typography.

The masthead of the magazine is in red bold writing which connotes danger and reflects what's going to happen in the movie.

The price is not obvious so it doesn't put customers off buying the product.

Iconography used such as an metal hammer and a shield to hint about the thrilling dangerous narrative of the movie.

The main image consists of more than one character or superhero to show the interesting appealing side of the movie. The use of lots of characters is to display the huge production created and that more than 1 event will occur which makes it thrilling. In addition the characters are making eye contact with the audience making the audience feel engaged using a full body shot.

This sentence in red gives a hint about the narrative of the film and uses words in red “action” to connote that there will be threats in the film which are thrilling.

The sell lines encourage the audience to buy the magazine and attract them and if they don’t , they’ll be missing out information and news.

The colour scheme is very simple with three main colours red, white and blue. The white and red juxtapose each other as one means death and the other means peace In the movie there's a hero and a villain .

The barcode is usually found on any magazine front cover to shows its available to be purchased.

The background colours consist of a mixture of black and vibrant red. These colours are commonly used in horrors and thrillers to create suspense. Black connotes danger and a threat. Red connotes blood which means death. Both these connotations create suspense and will cause the audience to be frightened.

The main image is a metallic robot having a fierce facial expression with red coming out its eyes and mouth. The metal could suggest the power and strength of the robot. In addition metal could mean that its able to destroy things perhaps people or buildings. The red coming out could connote the hate and danger that could be caused from the robot. The close-up shot allows the audience to see its threat by the red colours e.g. anger or blood.

The title is red and bold. The colour of the title seems to leak or fade out into the rest of the poster. This idea can connote that the danger or evilness will slowly take over the rest of the movie and cause many problems and this will build suspense and a fast heartbeat for the audience as it will be thrilling and breath-taking.

It does not state the exact date for the release of the movie and this is to excite the audience and make them want to see the next magazine cover for the movie to be able to get more information about it.

Evaluation To evaluate, I have learnt the ways in which magazines covers can

be successful. A good and vibrant colour scheme linking to the genre is very important as it will grab the audiences attention. In

addition the title has to be catchy and intimidating creating suspense for a horror movie. The teaser magazine cover is usually

more simpler and clearer than the main magazine cover as it wants to achieve the goal of being mysterious and spooky when on the

other hand the main magazine cover has lots of information for the audience and reveals more information such as the characters

producers etc.