film magazines

The front cover has maintained a constant and recognisable colour scheme to the magazine. In using black, yellow, red and white, it allows the audience to familiarise themselves with the logo of the magazine, thus attracting them to it. Moreover, the colour scheme seems neat and crisp, creating a presentable, effective tone, in which will entice the target audience. The colours work effectively with one another, allowing each to stand out, again, attracting the reader. Overall the cover is successful in the use of range of colours

The title of the magazine is in the centre of the cover. The recognisable colours and font is itself a clear logo to the magazine. The fact that such colours are echoed throughout the products allows it to find some sort of symmetry, appearing very attractive and professionally. 

 The image used is small, covering almost of the centre of the page. This stresses its importance to the magazine, and giving the audience information on the contents of the magazine. The significance of the icon is further emphasised by its positioning, just covering a bit the title of the magazine. This allows the cover to flow well. An important thing to recognise is that the editing of the image allows it to fit in with the background, no huge contrast in colour difference, which is very appropriate for its positioning. 

The cover contains the typical codes and conventions in which many co-existing magazines hold. This includes the positioning of the title and the image, both of which are significant elements of magazine front covers. The bar code is in the bottom-right corner, this allows the audience to see additional information, such as release date and price.

The additional information on the left and right hand side of the cover is successful in that it doesn't reveal too much of the contents so that the audience is already aware, in fact, quite the opposite.

The text within the cover is used appropriately, particularly in illustrating the main image of the film, Watchmen finally touches down.

The front cover has maintained a constant and recognisable colour scheme to the magazine. In using black, yellow, red, light blue and white, it allows the audience to familiarise themselves with the logo of the magazine, thus attracting them to it. Moreover, the colour scheme seems neat and crisp, creating a presentable, effective tone, in which will entice the target audience. The colours work effectively with one another, allowing each to stand out, again, attracting the reader. Overall the cover is successful in the use of range of colours.

 Just like ‘total film’ the title of the magazine is in the centre of the cover. The recognisable colours and font is itself a clear logo to the magazine. The fact that such colours are echoed throughout the products allows it to find some sort of symmetry, appearing very attractive and professionally. 

The image is made up of three different characters from the film compared to ‘total film’ just using the female character. The positioning of the three figures is of one face forwards and the others facing left and right. This attracts the audience more towards the magazine.  

The cover contains the typical codes and conventions in which many co-existing magazines hold. This includes the positioning of the title and the image, both of which are significant elements of magazine front covers. The bar code is in the bottom-right corner, this allows the audience to see additional information, such as release date and price. The additional information is at the bottom as tag line.