This document summarizes and analyzes the cover designs of four film magazines: Total Film, Empire, Filmmaker, and Cineaste. It discusses elements like the magazine titles, images, fonts, color schemes, and how these visual components establish each magazine's identity, target audience, and tone. Key details that distinguish the magazines include Total Film having an exciting colorful background, Empire using a dark color scheme to match its coverage of dark films, Filmmaker employing a plain indie style with minimalist design, and Cineaste signaling its academic focus through a simple serif title and diverse article highlights. Overall, the document examines how magazine covers use visual cues to represent their brand and intended readership.

1. Total film is more of a mainstream
magazine.
The background is not a plain colour
which makes the magazine look
exciting and stand out against other
magazines.
The masthead stands out because
of its bold white colour. The first
part of the title is in blue to tie in
the masthead with the colour
scheme making it consistent.
The image overlaps the magazine
title showing that the magazine is
well established. This means people
are already aware of the name of the
magazine so the fact that some letters
are covered doesn’t effect the
audience knowing the name of the
magazine.
The background goes with
the sci-fie look of the
background. Blue and
white is the colour scheme
and have connotations of
pure, fantasise and dreamy.
The blue is the main iconic
colour from the Avatar
film.
The magazine uses mainly Serif font
giving a modern style to the magazine
Grey is used to outline the other
secondary articles to ensure its
stands out from the background,
The name of the film is in the
middle and relates to the main
image. The white front makes that
title of the film stand out to make it
clear to the audiences.
The character is making direct eye
contact with the audience making it feel
personal and drawl the reader in.
Even without the image the
audience is able to tell the genre
of the film though the colours
used the shade of colours and the
unique background.
A mid-shot is used to show
all the all the
props/accessories which the
reader will recognise when
they watch the film. From
this image the audience can
start to imagine what the
film may be about and the
type of things they may see.

2. Empire is another mainstream film magazine.
Each letter making up the title has a
vibrant green outline highlighting the
title and making it stand out.
The picture used does not give any a
lot about the storyline but uses an
iconic character (the joker) to attract
the attention of the audience. When
this magazine was realised the film
was not coming out around the same
time I’m aware of this because the date
of when the film is coming out was not
put on the magazine instead it just says
‘summer’
‘Clint makes our day’ is
highlighted in green keeping with
the colour scheme and the shite
font makes it stand out from the
other text.
The capital Sans-serif front makes it
more easier for reading which allows it
to appeal to all readers.
The colour of the magazine title is
unique for this issue because
normally it’s a red colour showing
the importance of the film.
The image is at the back of the title making the title stand
out and giving a 3D effect with the way the models head
is positioned.
Above the masthead says ‘2 covers to collect’ which encourages who are a fan
of the film to buy the magazine to collect the covers.
The black coloured masthead is in
capitals which makes the
magazine title stand out. Empire
is one of the most iconic
magazines published in the film
industry which shows the film
most have potential to do very
well.
The green, white and black colour
scheme is a unique colour scheme
just for this issues and relates to the
genre of the film ‘the dark night’
A lot of time has gone into the
makeup for the model used for the
front cover this is important because
it’s a reflection of the film and how
characters may look.
The dark makeup around the eyes
and the eye contact made by the
model adds to the feel and look of
the magazine and film.
The magazine is very dark to reflect
the film and uses iconic colours
which relates to the characters
being portrayed on the magazine
which is the joker.

3. ‘Filmmaker’ is an independent
specialized magazine.
The title is in front of the image
making it standout which may be
because the magazine isn’t as wellknown.
The masthead is very simple
but ionic because of its
unique style.
I’m not sure as to her the main
image is of but she looks very
simple and natural looking with
minimal to no makeup on and
her hair is tied back but still has
a messy look to it. It looks like
the lighting is coming from the
side hitting the right side which
is mainly showed because of the
position of her head. She is also
making direct contact with the
audience giving a personal feel.
The image used shows that
the magazine is targeted at a
specific type of audience.
Overall you can tell that the
magazine has a lower budget
which suggest to the audience that
the magazine concentrates ore on
budgeted films.
‘The magazine of
independent film’ is put
under the title to express
that its not as
mainstream which may
appeal to certain people.
The plain background
makes all the information
on the page standout and
also the image.
The plain and simplistic
style of the magazine is
reflected throughout
and gives a indie style.
The magazine also does
not look like it will
have a gloss finish
which adds to the feel
and look of the
magazine.
The use of different
colour highlights key
information, adds some
excitement to the page
and shows the
differences between the
many articles.