The document evaluates the front cover design of a magazine called "Empire". It discusses design elements like the main image focusing on the film's character, larger text identifying the main feature film, and additional details like release banners, smaller supporting images, and descriptive text in headings and sections. Color schemes with red, white, black, and an accent color are analyzed as classic designs that emphasize important words and make the cover easier to read.

1. Front Cover Magazine Evaluation
Rebecca Paterson

3. Title of the front cover of the magazine, I chose to
use “Empire” because its published monthly, is a
well known publication for mainstream films, and
has regular features that I could use to make my
magazine conform to functions and conventions like
news, previews, mainstream films, top 10 or 100
lists.
The image is of the main character of the film,
looking directly out at the audience and is the main
focus of the front cover.
Some issues have a “sticker” or “banner”
The small text allows the reader to see what type of feature on the front cover which is
the main, big articles are in this months the next big feature in the magazine. Also
issue. Dividing the text up and giving it a in some issues they have smaller pictures
heading in a different colour makes the text on the front cover, however they shouldn’t
easier to read. On the headings I used a intrude on the main focus of the main
drop shadow just emphasise the headings feature.
and to allow the reader to differentiate
between the headings and the text below. It
also makes it easier to read.

4. The title of the film which is the main feature is the
largest text on the front cover, this is so that the
reader knows that this piece of text links to the
image. The word “the” is smaller and in italics to
break the text up and exaggerate the size of the
“GIRL NEXT DOOR”. I thought it was most effective On some of the empire issues
to fit around the text instead in one line. they have a sell line, that
gives the audience an
indication of what the theme
of the issue is.
COLOUR SCHEME – I chose to use the classic, red,
white and black as it was authentic and symbolises
horror. as in my research and analysis of the front
cover magazines I found that they also used a fourth
colour like yellow, green or blue, to emphasis a few
words to make them stand out and break the colour
scheme so that it was easier to read.
Barcode, date, issue and price are located at the bottom out
of the way so that they do not intrude and pull attention
away from the rest of the magazine front cover.