Magazine Cover Analysis - The Shining (research and planning)

A way to promote our film on a magazine cover could be by linking it to previously released horror films. By doing this, the readers will be attracted into the magazine by noticing the name of an influential horror film. For example, our front cover could include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, one of the highest grossing horror films ever. This way, our film will be noticed because of another films iconic status.

The use of an iconic actor will also draw attention to the magazine cover, as seen with Empire's cover revolving around The Shining. The use of the recognisable image means that people will be interested because they know about it. The same applies to a memorable quote.
The text styling on this cover is very retro and goes back to the beginning of cinema. However, our cover will just focus on our film so we will use more modern text and relate it to the horror genre not just cinema in general. Our text could be less rigid and resemble dripping blood because these are generic conventions of a horror film and we have used this styling of text in our trailer and poster.
Despite the collectors issue, there is still a bar code, pricing and issue number on the front, as there is with every other cover; making this a vital part of what we need to include in our own cover design.
The colouring throughout the cover is kept the same (Pink and Black) which makes it look professional, so we too will try to keep colours minimalistic to increase its professionalism.