The document analyzes several magazine covers from Total Film magazine. It summarizes the key design elements of successful magazine covers, including using large prominent images that make eye contact and draw attention, placing the film title in a bold, clear font that stands out, and using mise-en-scene and clues from the images to convey the genre of the featured film. Extra information is kept smaller around the main image to avoid clutter. Maintaining a clear color scheme across all elements helps make the covers visually appealing.

2. http://www.totalfilm.com/

3. Extra information such as the website, price and issue number
The image makes are much smaller then the rest of the text on the cover. The name of the film
direct eye magazine dominates
contact, capturing the cover and is
our attention. clearly presented in
a large bold font.
Other films and
features are advertised
at the sides, ensuring
the attention is mainly The image of the
on the image. They are main feature film also
presented in a smaller dominates the main
and less striking font. cover. The attention
of the viewer is
drawn to the striking
image making an
The colours used immediate impact.
ensure the text
stands out.
The name of the
film is in a bold
The colour scheme is clear , chunky and clear
and works well (helping the font which makes it
magazine to be more easy to see.
attractive).
Underneath the name of the film is another piece of clever
advertising as the film is said to be the ‘coolest’ of the year.

4. Extra features are
advertised at the Again the title of the
top of the film film magazine is
magazine. This presented clearly and in
makes the cover the same font as the
more interesting. previous one I
Eye contact is analysed. However this
being made time the image is
through the placed over the top of
image. the text (in the
foreground). I feel this
Genre is also made works just as well as
clear through mise the previous film
en scene. The magazine.
character this
dressed in a certain The image
way to portray dominates the
what this film will poster more this
be about. time due to the
positioning over the
Genre is made top of the ‘TOTAL
clear through the FILM’ text.
piece of text
underneath the Title is clearly
title. presented due to
Extra information again such as the website, price and issue size and colours
number are small but still are clearly shown and so can be used.
read.

5. The film magazine
Bold colours are name has been
used to help every made more
piece of text look attractive by
more appealing incorporating it
and eye catching. into the theme of
the magazine.
Mise en scene is
again important No direct eye
to show the contact from the
genre. image and again
the image is
placed over the
top of the film
The title of the magazine name.
feature film is
again easy to The symbol
read and stands draws
out. The colour attention to
scheme works extra features
well and is that will be in
sustained across the magazine.
the cover.
The layout is organised well and isn’t too cluttered.

6. The image again is Mise en scene
placed on top of plays again an
the name. The important part
main character of in establishing
whatever the the genre of
featured film is, the featured
seems to be the film.
one on the front
cover of most The title of the
issues. featured film is
large and in a
bold colour. It
The other text on stands out and
the magazine again complements the
doesn’t clutter it colour scheme
and is much smaller well. Therefore
and place around making the
the main image. whole magazine
cover more
attractive.
The background isn’t
busy and attention is
centred around the
title and main Again the layout is the same on most of these
image. magazines. There is writing above and below the title
of the featured film.

7. The main image is
Extra information positioned to the
is portrayed at the right instead of the
top of the conventional format
magazine cover. of being in the
middle.
The featured film On this magazine
title isn’t there is again a
positioned in the clear colour
middle but at the scheme which
opposite side to helps tie every
the image. feature on the
cover together.
Mise en scene is
again very important
in displaying the
The background genre. For example
again isn’t busy. we can tell from e.g.
footwear and
clothing this will be
This magazine cover an adventurous film
features two of the and will possibly
main characters involve a romance .
which again doesn’t
conform to the
conventional style.

8. • The image should dominate the cover in order to make it more
appealing and eyecatching.
•The title of the film should follow the overall colour scheme
and stand out.
•Extra information on the cover should be placed around the
image.
•Don’t make the cover too clustered.
•Use vibrant and bold colours .
•The background should not be busy.
•It’s more effective to have an image that makes eye contact
with the reader.
•Mise en scene will help to display genre.