The document analyzes the design techniques used on two film magazine covers. The Empire magazine cover uses a large central photograph that takes up the entire front page with text overlapping the image. The bold title emphasizes the magazine name and the color scheme complements the photo while remaining easy to read. Additional text and images wrap around the main feature photo without interrupting it. The Total Film cover also uses a large central character photo facing the camera to engage the viewer. The document concludes that these techniques create powerful magazine covers that invite viewing and reading.

1. Analyzing Film Magazines Hana Ellis

2. Empire Taking the standard design of a magazine cover, the front page photograph takes up the whole of the page where the writing overlaps the picture. The bold title emphasizes the magazine itself, and the colour scheme compliments the image and makes it easy to read. The text and other image runs round the sides of the main image to not interrupt what the main feature is about. The image itself is bold and the character poses facing the camera, invited you to be a viewer. I think this is a powerful technique which I will use within my film magazine. The font stays basically the same throughout the cover except the obvious change of size which help depict from important titles to smaller text

3. Total Film