1. The main colours are red
black and white. The
background is a red to black
fading gradient. Black
represents darkness, evil and
mystery, whereas red is a
connotation blood. These
colours are perfecting in
capturing what genre the film
is, a slasher horror. The main
text is white, contrasting
against the black this
emphasises the darkness.
Also the white on black has
the biggest visual contrast
making the text stand out,
capturing the audience eye to
the magazine.
The image is plain as the
iconic mask speaks for itself.
The image is of the killer,
wearing the infamous scream mask. S/he is wearing a black hood to help the
disguise. With a long white skeletal face. Frightening masks like that are typical
horror iconographic features of a film, so for people who don’t know about
scream it is still clear that this is a horror film. Normally there are smaller
article headings placed around the centre image. In this case, there is only one
article heading around the image, “SCREAM RETURNS!” the capital letter and
exclamation mark highlights the excitement around the “scream” franchise.
Below, the most famous actor’s actresses to feature in the “scream” moviesare
listed. This would attract fans of those actors and actresses as well as fans of
the film franchise.