1. 6 magazine front covers
This is the front cover of empire magazine
that's promoting the film iron man 2. This is
my favourite magazine front cover of the 6
that I have chosen, as you are straight away
drawn to the electric blue colour of irons
mans chest which colour matches the
masthead. The electric blue colour of the
masthead in my opinion has 2 main features
to draw the attention of the audience of the
brand empire magazine, and then it shows of
us this sense of power behind the character
as if they are trying to highlight the iron man
character. There is a buzz word featured
below the masthead on the right hand side
which reads “Ultimate Review of 2009”.
The word is used to give the audience a feel
that this isn't just any review of 2009, it's
one that cannot be missed and therefore
must be read, they have done this to try and
tempted the audience.
Immediately in this total film magazine the first
thing that jumps out at you is the avatar its self so
straight away the reader can see what a majority of
the content of this magazine is going to be about.
In my opinion this is a fairly poor magazine front
cover as the background colour and the colour of
the main image are fairly similar and therefore
doesn't really catch the eye of the audience. Also so
the cover line is in a very small text and in a grey
colour which does look smart but again would not
capture the eye of the audience. A positive about
this magazine front cover in my opinion is there's
not too much going on the page and not too many
images drawing attention away from the main
feature of the magazine

2. 6 magazine front covers
In this magazine front cover there's allot going on the
page it's as if there is almost too much too look at so
the audience almost have to much to look at when
glancing at the front cover when it was on a shop
shelf. I believe also that the colour scheme of reds,
orange, and yellows, although the sky line advertises
that it’s the “badass” to me it just looks tacky. And in
my opinion the front cover of the magazine would be
the first thing everyone would see. So you would want
it to be eye catching but at the same time it needs to
look smart and professional. I think even those this
particular front cover is meant to appeal to appeal to
an older age group maybe between 16-40, I feel that
the style in which they have chosen is more suitable
for children as its more all over the place, excitable,
with allot of images.
This to me is a well thought out magazine
front cover, as they have colour coded the text
to highlight the most important to the least.
For example the masthead and the main cover
line are the only two in red as they are the
most important on the front page. They have
also chosen the red as it contrasts with the
grey background to make it stand out. I also
like how part of the character is covering a
section of the magazine to make the front
cover seem more 3d. To me this makes it look
more approachable, as it’s as if the audience
can reach out and touch Brad Pitt.

3. 6 magazine front covers
This magazine front cover straight away stands out as
quite a dark, creepy front cover linking to the character
the joker’s personality. They have also linked the colour
scheme to the colour scheme of joker physical
appearance with the bright green waist coat and the
green hair. This magazine front covers in my opinion is
quite bare and when they are charging £3.50 for the
magazine to make it look very bare on the front cover
will make the audience worry about whether or not it is
actually worth paying the money for that magazine. That
is why I believe you can’t over cram the magazine front
cover but you shouldn’t have very little on it. For
example having the perfect amount like the one with
brad Pitt on and the one with iron man on. These two
magazines are the best example of a good magazine
front cover as the colour scheme, layout, and content of
the front cover have been carefully thought out.
Straight away with this magazine we notice the red,
white, and blue shield of captain America. This is good as
straight away the audience can sees what the content of
this magazine is going to be about. Also with the colour
scheme of the text contrasting with the colours of his
costume and the shield really assist the text to stand
out. Also the layout of the magazine front cover, in my
opinion they placed each cover line to fit the figure of his
body, the reason they have done this is because as
people look at the imaged of captain America they come
across these cover lines telling them the content of the
magazine. This way the magazine front cover seems to
flow when you read it instead of things being placed all
over the page and people maybe not getting the chance
to read it.