FILM MAGAZINE FRONT COVER FROM MY CHOSEN GENRE

Chynia Teixeira

The layout of the front cover is simplistic, there are no banners or cover lines, just the main image, the title of the film and the magazine logo. This simplicity emphasises the main image, meaning that it will attract the target audience for the film.

The use of the colour red symbolises blood and stands out from the rest of the black and white cover, this draws the viewers in making them want to read more about this film and what it is about.

By having the main image as a drawing shows that the magazine readers and the audience of the film are loyal and do not need to see the celebrity that is the main character. Also this main image portrays the genre through the blood running down the girls face.

The Little White Lies logo is simple yet effective, the white circle and black writing allows readers to clearly see what they are reading The title uses a quirky and fun caption which would attract readers, it would also attract them due to it being white and red on a black background.

What have I learnt?

■ From analysing this horror film magazine cover I have developed new ideas for the ways in which my group could create a magazine cover. The main ways that we could create a successful magazine cover, a dark background, low-key lighting and using the colour red to connote danger.

■ I have also learned that the simpler the better, the less stuff on a cover means that readers will be drawn straight to the main image.