The document discusses the layout and design of the front cover of a magazine promoting the film "Inception", starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The layout is unconventional compared to normal magazine covers, with the title placed in the middle and content arranged around the central image of DiCaprio. This draws attention to DiCaprio as the main selling point, since he is a famous actor known for roles in highly successful films. Elements like the bold colors, subheadings highlighting other articles, and tagline promoting the magazine's authority on film help attract the target audience and convince them to purchase the issue.

1. The layout for this magazine is not how the audience would
normally see a empire magazine laid out. The different layout
of the magazine makes it appealing to the target audience as
they are seeing something different to what they would
normally see. The magazine doesn’t have headings in a linear
format it is going in towards the actor shown on the front
cover. The Main title ‘Inception’ is in the middle of the page as
it is the first thing the actor looks at and It is important
information that will intrigue the audience into getting the
magazine. The title of the film is almost as big as the title of
the magazine. The audience get an idea from this that it is
going to be a really good film and that they must go and
watch it. Most of the information that is on the front cover is
surrounding the actor. This shows the audience the
importance of the actor and the power he holds. The actor
has been in many well known films therefore the audience
already know that this film is going to be a big release.
Therefore, the use of this layout is so the audience focus on
Leonardo DiCaprio.

2. The use of the character Leonardo dicaprio featuring on the front
cover of this magazine is important and a main selling point
because he is a well known character staring in many well known
films. This means the audience will be able to notice him on the
front cover of this magazine and if they think highly of him from
previous films this is more likely to draw them in to watch
inception. Also, many films that he has been in such as: The wolf
of wall street, Titanic , The great Gatsby are successful films. This
shows the audience that inception is more than likely to be a
successful film too which will definitely be worth watching. The
pose that Leanardo is pulling is serious as if he wants revenge or is
trying to solve something. It also comes across to the audience
that he has power and confidence in himself. Therefore, this is
releasing some of the storyline to the audience and making them
more interested to find out what actually happens in the film,
without releasing too much information. His facial expressions
also fit in with the fact that the film genre is mystery/thriller ;
involving some action. In my magazine I will make sure I use my
main character of my film as it means the audience will start to
connect with them straight away and it is more appealing for
them because they know who to expect the main character to be.

3. The colours used are red, grey, black and white. The
colour red has been used for the more important
information such as ‘Empire’ and ‘Inception’ which is
important for the audience to see first as it tells them
what they are going to be reading about. The colour red
as connotations of importance which means the audience
are straight away looking at the titles in red. The colour
black is effective as it stands out from the page due to the
light background. Therefore, the audience are going to
read it because it stands out. The colour scheme used
really fits in with the genre of the film being
mystery/thriller with action involved as they are basic
colours but work together to create a action effect.

4. There are various subheadings on the front cover which allows the target
audience to see what else it has to offer and what other articles will be
promoted in the magazine. We can see all the subheadings are in bold san
serif font as this stands out to the target audience and when they read the
magazine they will remember to read about this certain films promoted on
the front cover. Furthermore by having an Anchorage text at the top of the
page ‘ The dark knight returns’ we are reaching out to a specific target
audience and grabbing their attention. It is suggesting that the film has
returned to the big screen. Therefore, any reader that has watched or
enjoyed the dark knight are immediately going to be interested in how it has
returned and will want to know what the magazine is all about.
The tagline for the magazine ‘ The world’s biggest movie magazine’ is in
small writing but is very important because it helps sell the magazine. It
does this because it is claiming to be the ‘ worlds biggest’. This straight away
is grabbing the audiences attention as they think it is going to contain a lot
of interesting/important information to do with the film industry. If the
audience are interested in the film industry this tagline is going to straight
away appeal to them.

5. The background of the magazine front cover is very effective
because it makes everything stand out from the page
especially the main character. This is important because
Leanordo DiCaprio is a main selling point for this magazine
and because he is a well known actor the audience are going
to want to see him standing out of the page. The background
also makes the actor look powerful as everything is behind
him and he is standing tall in front of it all. This suggests to
the audience that in the film he is going to be a strong
character and maybe overcome something.
The use of low key lighting around the actor also shows he is
a main character in the film inception and makes him stand
out from the page as his suit is dark against the light behind
him.
Leonardo is also holding a gun in the front cover which shows
the audience that he is a powerful character and also reveal
some of the storyline for the film. This is important that the
audience know some of the storyline or a baseline of what is
going to happen as it allows them to decide whether they are
going to enjoy the film or not. Also, if they have an idea of
what the expect they are more likely to give up time to watch
the film than to have no idea and be disappointed.