Magazine Analysis

The front of Empire magazine is mostly of the main character from the particular film. In this case it's Captain Jack Sparrow as it's advertising Pirates of the Caribbean. This makes it the main focus of the magazine. This immediatly draws you in not only because you know who the character is, but the fact the image is taking up most of the front cover. All of the magazine front covers that i have looked at have one main image of the main character that has a significant role. We will use this idea for our magazine.

The text on this magazine stands out because of the use of colours. Using yellow contrasts with the background and really stands out and is easy to read from a distance. 

When we design and work out what extra things we are going to have on the front of our magazine, we will use a colour font that will stand out from what ever background image we use. Although because our moive genre is horror, we will probably keep the background a plain colour, it would either be black or white. This is because for a horror we want to use a limited amount of colour so the text will wither be red, black or white- depending on the background. It also has information of what will also be featured inside the magazine but not too much information has been given so you buy the magazine to know what the full story is about.

At the top of this magazine cover it say's 'movies' biggest year ever!'. The use of colour is what makes this stand out. The 'biggest yesr' in yellow which is a bold colour really catches your eye. What i have learnt from analysing this magazine front cover is the use of the image and how the font and colours used on the font makes the magazine come acorss.  The main points that I we will be using in our magazine are;

• one image - main character (face or body shot)
• minimum of three font colours
• circle offer
• what wil be included in the magazine (not too much info)
• possible background ( probably not as it's horror)