The main image on the front cover is the main character in the film, which is Jhonny Depp. The image is not a photoshoot. It looks as if it was taken while shooting the actual film. The main character is standing with a weapon in his hand. Post-production work is notices through the smoke that surrounds the image at the bottom. The smoke looks as if it has outlined his image at the bottom where the other secondary images are. This could have been used to draw all eyes on the main image and not make it link to any of the other images. The title of the film is placed at the centre of the page in a big bold font. Alliteration is used in a sentence above the title of the film; "Jhonny Depp steals summer".
The font of the title is the normal Empire magazine title it has not beel altered to suit the the style of the film eventhough the colour matches the style of the film very well. The colours; black , red and white are used on the front cover. They are dark, bold colours that draw the reader's attention. The font is the same for all sub-titles of other films and articles but only changes for the title of the main article. This could be because that specific cover is made to promote one film only and that is Public Enemies. If the font used for that title was the same for the others it would not have been as attractive. Also the colour of the other titles of films are red but the Public Enemies is gray this could have been used for the same reason of promotion. The position of the title of the film as well as the image are very centered on the cover of the magazine. All the other sub-titles as well as the magazine title are placed behind the main image. This is could surely be used to drag the reader's attention to the centre of the page whre the main article of the magazine is placed. The colours and fonts used are all keeping with the genre of the magazine.
The main colour scheme of the magazine is red, black and white. The cover does use many graphics for example: there is a splash on the cover as wellmany boxes around sub-titles and headings. Everything on the page is bordered excpet for the main image and title. This could be to take them away from the main image so that they do not collide.
There is a sense of identity with the film in terms of colour, style and genre of the film and magazine. The poster and film contain same colour and style as the cover of the magazine.
The font of the title is the normal Empire magazine title it has not beel altered to suit the the style of the film eventhough the colour matches the style of the film very well. The colours; black , red and white are used on the front cover. They are dark, bold colours that draw the reader's attention. The font is the same for all sub-titles of other films and articles but only changes for the title of the main article. This could be because that specific cover is made to promote one film only and that is Public Enemies. If the font used for that title was the same for the others it would not have been as attractive. Also the colour of the other titles of films are red but the Public Enemies is gray this could have been used for the same reason of promotion. The position of the title of the film as well as the image are very centered on the cover of the magazine. All the other sub-titles as well as the magazine title are placed behind the main image. This is could surely be used to drag the reader's attention to the centre of the page whre the main article of the magazine is placed. The colours and fonts used are all keeping with the genre of the magazine.
The main colour scheme of the magazine is red, black and white. The cover does use many graphics for example: there is a splash on the cover as wellmany boxes around sub-titles and headings. Everything on the page is bordered excpet for the main image and title. This could be to take them away from the main image so that they do not collide.
There is a sense of identity with the film in terms of colour, style and genre of the film and magazine. The poster and film contain same colour and style as the cover of the magazine.
Hello RANZ,
ReplyDeleteI have read your two magazine front cover analyses and am much more impressed with these than with the film trailers.
You are clearly discussing the conventions used, in terms of positioning, colour, size etc, as well as offering a more in depth anlysis of the choice of images and sense of brand identity present.
To improve these further, try to bring together your analyses as you go along (you need at least three more on magazine front covers), looking at patterns/contrasts, aiming for an overall, evaluative anlysis of magazine front covers.
Try to also look at alternative film magazines, such as Sight & Sound and compare and contrast this with more popular titles such as Empire and Total Film.
Finally, I will discuss anchorage with you, as it seems you have gotten slightly confused as to what this actually refers to.
Mr. Hull