2. Empire Magazine is a British
film magazine which is funded
by the Bauer Consumer Media.
Their first issue was released
in July 1989 which was sold
monthly
3. Date & Price
Enticing Text
Central piece of font
that had the largest text
and the name of the
film.
Images from different
films
Masthead
Medium shot of
the main character
in the film Iron
Man 2 which
shows what the
magazine issue is
all about.
Barcode
4. This masthead is easy recognisable by many people as it is used on every single
Empire front cover. Empire is so well established that they don’t need to display
the full title, like the image in the middle, as people know the magazine and it’s
title even with the ‘P’ and ‘I’ missing.
5. The medium shot of the character in the film illustrates to the customer that this
character is going to be the main focus of this issue. Also it is an eye catching
image as the character is wearing a shiny red and yellow suit and a blue circle
light on his chest which stands out, drawing people in to the magazine to have a
look and encouraging the Iron Man fans to buy this issue.
6. The Largest & most central piece of text is mainly used to encourage the fans
of Iron Man to purchase this issue. By centralising the largest piece of font it
instantly draws the customer’s attention to it and then encourages them to read
the text that surrounds this.
7. The Barcode is an important item to have on
the front cover of the magazine as it identifies
the magazine when it is being paid for.
8. Images from other films instantly adds more
colour to the page which makes the cover more
appealing. Also when people see images of
their favourite characters on the cover of a
magazine they feel more inclined to buy it so
that they can learn about the new films that are
coming out.
