Film Magazine Cover Analysis

In my post production research, I have to do an analysis of a film magazine cover. This is so I can use all the codes and conventions when I make my own magazine cover.

The first thing I notice on this magazine is the large main image of “the joker”. This straight away tells the audience that it is a film magazine, and inside will have a big section about the new film “The Dark Knight”.  They have made the image take up most of the page and it is also covering the “Empire” title. This gives the image a sense of overpowering. This is okay because they always use the same colour and font for the title so it will still be recognisable to the shoppers when the magazine is on the shop shelf.  

The second thing I notice when looking at this magazine cover is the title which is always the same for “Empire” magazines.  They always use a large red font which is placed at the top of the page. This makes it very recognisable for the “Empire” fans and also makes the magazine stand out on the shop shelves.  

At the very top of the page it says “The Dark Knight World Exclusive” the “world exclusive” is a puff. This persuades the audience to buy the magazine because they don’t want to miss out on the “world exclusive” which is inside.

On the left hand side of the page the text which says “meet the joker” has been edited in a sharp pointy font to match the evilness of the cover. It has also been coloured in purple and green to match the jokers colours, they have done this so that the colours all blend together to make the magazine cover look dark.

Each magazine has the date and price on the cover. Empire has chosen to put it in the middle of the letter “M” in the title.

There are also some plugs on the right hand side off the page. Plugs are extra information which is put on the cover to tell the audience what else is featured inside this magazine.