analysis of different magazine covers

1. I have selected these magazine covers
to analyse so we can draw inspiration for
our own cover. However, I have included
two movie posters as this is the actual
idea of the split characters that we want
to follow.

2. I like the way that
they have changed
the colour of the
images to black and
white and increased
the contrast of the
image, highlighting
the definitions of
each characters
faces.
The way that they
have displayed the title
of the film works really
well as it divides the
characters but in a
way that there is no
definitive cut, as they
have almost merged
them together; giving
more of a professional
finish. This follows the
end result that we
want to end up with.
The two slogans that
they have used to
give away plots about
the character, is
similar to the way that
we used the slogans
in our films trailer :
‘get yours guns
ready…’
As they have used
a black and white
effect for the
background
images, the
boldness added to
the lip colour to
match the colour
of the title portrays
a really effective
way to add colour.Introducing the
actors/actresses is a
good way to entice
in the audience.
This way, people
who especially like
them, will be more
inclined to go and

3. I liked the simple
white background
with the black and
white figure and the
bold, bronze text. It
adds elegance to the
character which is
what Mr Bond is all
about.
The actor is well
known enough for
just him to feature
on the front cover
and for enough
people to buy the
magazine and then
go on to watch the
film.
We wanted to use a
similar pose that the
actor is using for our
poster. Also with a
simple design. This
was one idea that
gave us most of our
ideas.

4. I chose to look at both of these
magazine covers for the release of
X-MEN. I liked the way that they
released more than one cover for
the film, making it a collectors
tool and drawing in customers to
buy more than one magazine of
their favourite characters.
I also like the fact that there is a lot
going on in each of the covers,
however, it doesn’t look too ‘busy’
and ‘overcrowding’ for a cover. The
block colour, signified to each
character also adds an eye-popping
factor which also draws people in.

5. Although this is actually a
movie poster, I decided to
analyse this under the
magazine covers as it it the
main convention that we
want to follow when
constructing our magazine
cover.
This follows a similar
theme to our movie
as it introduces two
characters who both
play a massive part in
the film. Therefore,
we wanted to do
something similar to
this as a way of
introducing the
characters to the
audience.
I like the way they have
used the images in
black and white and
then the black block
which separates them is
cover in bright yellow
writing which adds a bit
of colour to it without it
making it look too dull,
yet you find yourself
looking at the actors
more than the writing
itself, which works well
as many people like
these actors and would
probably want to go
and watch the film.