magazine main and teaser cover analysis

1. Film magazine
cover
BY AYA WANIS

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.