Textual Analysis - Magazine Covers

As Part of My project i shall design a magazine cover for my movie, to do this i shall invest in some primary research on other magazines which provide promotional images for movies. for this research I looked upon different movie magazine in the market and one of the top being Empire Magazine. Here are the 3 Empire magazine with different months issue, I am going to write down the similarities and differences in the magazine so that i can use it when making my own.

Similarities :

• bar code at the bottom


• The main image - eyes looking at you- grabs more readers attention.


• Masthead big and bold, not always same font but has the same colour.


• at most three colour combination been use

Differences :

• Different effects and fonts in masthead - depending on type of movie.


• writing sometimes covered - because people known its that magazine makes audiences feel more involved.


• no second image or have just one second image on the page - gives more attention to the main picture.

now I am going to look at another film magazine 'Film' and compare them with 'Empire' and spot out the similarities and differences.

Similarities:

• Both the magazine have bold front cover


• Both the magazine have image look straight at you - more attention


• both have bar code at the bottom of the magazine


• both seem to have yellow circle which grabs readers eyes.


• not necessarily have second image.

Difference:

• 'Film' magazine have movie names mostly bold and in centre of the page, so it is clear for their targeted audiences.