4. The title takes up a fifth
Here the tagline only of the page and is bold
mentions other with white, the word
upcoming movies that ‘Total’ is placed within
appear to have a bright the titles first letter.
future in the film
industry. They are The main image is of the
written in block capitals protagonist facing
and are red so as to directly. It gives a sense
stand out with full stops of authority and power
in between. which is associated with
his character.
There are two main fonts
used, this makes it easier The colours used within
to read and doesn’t make the magazine vary from,
it seem as though too red, white and grey.
much is going on.
The barcode is placed on
the side, beneath smaller
captions of other various
features that will appear
There is a freebie which in the magazine.
persuades consumers to
buy the magazine.
5. The tagline is in a contrasting colour to that of the background, it relates to the main
feature featured on the front cover – The Dark Knight. In between the words is an image
of the Dark Knight insignia.
The masthead is
The main cover line talks covered by the Jokers
about meeting the illusive head which signifies
character that feature in that the magazine is
the movie. It is brandished well known. It is in
to seem like it has been block capitals with a red
made from torn pieces of colour, this could be
letters from a newspaper associated with blood
with a quote beneath it in and the Jokers
a font that can be linked idiosyncrasies.
with the Jokers character.
Additional cover lines are The barcode is
placed adjacent to the bar positioned on the side,
code. There are 3-4 vertically.
different types of fonts Graffiti type spray paint
that are in different covers sections of the
colours. page, again to give the
audience some idea of
the type of character the
Joker is.
6. The magazine features The barcode is on the bottom The title is placed with
the protagonist who is right faced horizontally. the main image beneath
faced directly towards or under it. It is a blue
the audience, this can colour that contrasts
give the impression of against the colour of the
power and authority. The background.
protagonists eyes also There are two fonts used,
seem to show rage or one for the tagline and the
anger. other for various other
information. The tagline
is in capitals and boasts
about the main feature of
The main feature is the magazine, Spiderman.
positioned across the
main character with Cover lines surround the
certain words made main image and alternate
larger to add emphasis. in colour.
There is a formal air to this magazine as the fonts used are straight and can be associated
with other top end magazines. The target audience of this magazine can be inferred to
be upper middle class.
7. One of the main The masthead is bold
characters are featured and in capitals,
on the magazine, he is contrasting in colour
faced directly towards with the background.
the audience, giving the
Prize or special edition
impression that both the
highlighted in a circular
character himself and
shaped box in a similar
the audience are equals.
colour to that of the
masthead.
A well known actor is
used to persuade the
The different colours
target market to pick up
correspond to the
the magazine – ‘Johnny
colours on the characters
Depp goes mad’.
face and so work well.
Two fonts are used
which keeps the
magazine easy to follow
and read.
The tagline mentions the
Oscars, a well
established awarding
body that the target
audience may be
interested in.