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2. Total Film is a UK-based film
magazine published 13 times a
year (published monthly and a
summer issue is added every year
since issue 91, 2004 which is
published between July and
August issue) by Future Publishing.
The magazine was launched in
1997 and offers cinema, DVD and
Blu-ray news, reviews and
features.
Total Film is available both in print
and interactive iPad editions.
Empire is a British film magazine
published monthly by Bauer
Consumer Media of Hamburg
based Bauer Media Group.
From the first issue in July 1989, the
magazine was edited by Barry
McIlheney and published by Emap.
Bauer purchased Emap Consumer
Media in early 2008.
It is the biggest selling film
magazine in the United Kingdom
and is also published in the United
States, Australia, Turkey, Russia,
Italy and Portugal.

3. The main image is a medium close up. We can see her
positioning as her back is bent and she is smiling
through the camera. This shows that she is happy being
an villain and is proud of what she does.
The masthead is positioned at the back of model’s
head. This tells us that the model is more important or
is one of the main characters in the film.
The name of the film is positioned at the bottom left
of the front cover. It correlates with image in the
background as there is some kind of mini explosion.
This shows that they are going be an extreme group
of characters.
The explosion at the bottom of the film magazine
suggest to us that this is going to be an epic movie.
The connotation of ‘Suicide Squad’
is that they are a group of people
that are ready to kill or to take
over the world and kill.
On the magazine the background
shows prison style gates or barriers.
This connotes that she is part of the
squad and they are all villains and they
need to kept behind bars.
The colours pink and blue associate with
Harley Quinn's character as she could be a
girly girl on the inside someone who loves
handbags etc. But the blue side could
represent that she is an evil minded
crafted person who knows what to do
when it comes to being evil.
The slogan ‘ psychos, killers, freaks Here to
save the world’ tells us that this is going to
be a chaotic film when all the characters
crazy.
The iconography on the front cover of the empire magazine
shows the model holding a gun, having a baseball bat in her
hand, a strap for her gun, bracelet with studs on the sides
etc. this shows that her herself she is a dangerous character
but also wreck less as she has a lot of weapons on her.
The facial expression of the model shows that she
is delighted and happy for what is about to
happen or her character.
Other film names are featured on the front
cover. This shows that they are trying to
promote other films as well. It also has the
barcode that is positioned at the bottom of
the page. The barcode is at the bottom so it
does not get in the way of the model.
FANTASY CRIME
GENRE

4. The magazine is called Empire it is published
in many countries around the world mainly
in US and UK, and the readership of the
magazine could be called its “empire” due to
the size of this large number of readers. The color scheme is relatively dark the use
of colors such as blue and red the
connotation of this could be police, this is
a convention of all gangster films as they
need to show that crime is fought with
law.
A unique feature of this magazine is
layout. Instead of the sell lines being on
the sides of the magazine framing the
main image, they are in the centre
bottom area of the cover which leads
your eyes to the sell lines after reading
the headline in order to get the
audience interested in this issue. This
also makes the audience focus more on
the image.
They have also included freebies
such as posters inside the magazine.
This means that they can get much
more publicity and people will be
willing to buy their magazine.
The two main models are both male
models. They are both dominant in
the film and they also seem as if they
are the main two characters of the
film. The black man is standing in suit
showing his authority and class.
Whereas the white man is dressed
smart casual. So we do not know
what his position is in the film.
however he also has a chain hanged
around him which could suggest he is
a police officer and the black man
can be the so called ‘ gangster’.
POLICE CRIME THRILLER
GENRE
The background of the poster shows a
street with a building, cars etc. this
could represent the everyday life in
America and also it could be where
most of the scenes take place.
The sell line ‘ the crime issue’
instantly tells us that this a
crime/ action adventure movie.

5. The masthead is usually the name of
the magazine as it big and central for
the audience to see. The magazine is a
well known magazine so for the model
to be in front the masthead it is not a
problem. It also shows that the model
is more important.
‘free bees’ is a brilliant way of
capturing an audiences attention for
they’re entitled to something free
when buying this certain magazine.
The pale yellow contrasts in colours
to the vibrant purple of the
background of the magazine. This
helps it stands out more.
There is a lot of colours which on this
magazine. The bright colours, old fonts
and text all make the magazine seem as
though there is so much information
consumed in the magazine that its worth
purchasing.
The character from ‘ Alice in wonderland’
is Johnny Depp who is famously known in
many films over time such as ‘ the pirates
of the Caribbean’. His status in the film
industry raises the quality of the film
magazine, for they have connections with
starts as famous as him to advertise their
magazine.
Again the same colouring of the light
yellow is used to advertise other films
that have been recently released. This is
engaging for people to know about
other events or films that are release in
the cinemas or on DVD.
The icons at the bottom of the
magazine show other features
inside the magazine which informs
the audience of other aspects of
the magazine.
FANTASY/ ADENTURE
GENRE

6. Key learnings: Overall I have learnt that many film magazine's have
there masthead at the back of the main character. This tells us that
they are important and they represent the flim.
Similarities:
• They all include the main characters of
the film o
• The masthead head is positioned in a
certain place to be more appealing
• They all have other
• They all have something related to
there genre when it comes to
iconography
• They all have sell lines to make it sell
• They all use colours aswell
Differences:
• they are all unique in their
own way
• They all have different sizes
of shots when it comes to
taking a picture of the ,model
• One of the magazine front
cover is much more colourful
than the other