- This Empire magazine front cover is for the film Inception. It still has all the normal devices for a magazine, with Masthead, Left hand thirds and puffs, but due to the nature of the film and because this is a film magazine it tries to cater to the films storyline, meaning that all the writting looks like it is being sucked in to the centre or being bent out of place, this also means the centre picture is made further emphasised as the text seems to revolve around the main featured movie, this is because it would of been the biggest release of that month and so would get the most magazine space. It almost looks like a poster for Inception as the magazine front cover is almost taken over by it, the way the text placed is manipulated by the feature, meaning they become slightly harder to read and so your eye is just draw to the the main headline. Everything on this front cover is very well placed, unlike the Truman Show magazine front cover, it is cultured, it is well spaced and gives enough room for each section within the magazine, but at the same time draws your eye right to the main feature. It looks very slick and of high quality, which suits the movies genre very well to because it is a fantasy action thriller and as the magazine front cover says "The Matrix Meets 007 'On Steroids' " This tag line, helps to quickly sum up what type of film this is and as those films are already very well known, it would help to attract the right type of audience to the film and to read the magazine, even though it is a very simple round up of the film, it would make sense and grab the right type of audience and along with the front covers well put together sleekness it fits in with the film.
- This is a very stereotypical image for and action thriller and looks like a few 007 images. The image defiantly dominates the issues cover, in fact the head of the image covers the P out of Empire, even though this Masthead is very well known and so can let images overlap, it overlaps a large portion, this also shows the film isn't a fun and games film, it gives the film a sense of power and action by having it overlapping the Empire Masthead. Another reason Empire decided to let the head of the image over lap it's masthead, maybe because Leonardo DiCaprio, is a well known film star and has the starring role within this film and so Empire realise that when people are buying magazines they will look for the masthead to see what magazine it is and so if they see Leonardo DiCaprio's face amongst the mastheads on the shelf, people may be drawn to it and want to buy it more. It's a very striking photo that has clearly been photo shopped as well, to get the dark effect and to give Leonardo DiCaprio a menacing look, which fits in with the genre of film. The image is also very central and balanced apart from his head which is tilted off to the side so he isn't looking directly act you, this makes the image harder to connect with as you don't get eye contact, but on the other hand you want to know what he's looking at. The costume in this also fits the 007 action man stereotype, showing he is smart, which appeals to men as they like action films and may want to dress like that and women as they may be attracted to this look. The image features a gun, but the magazine owners must be careful at how they place it because they don't want to look like they are promoting gun crime, but at the same time this is a movie featuring guns and is that type of action thriller, so by placing it near the bottom of the picture you don't draw much attention to it and it's almost the last thing you look at as it's close to the bar code.
- Very simple colour scheme with this magazine issue, as they don't want to distract from the main image or the effects they have used on the text around. most the writings in black to suit the dark background of blue, apart from the masthead and the main title, this would be to draw attention to these sections, as they would be seen as the most important sections of the magazine, as the magazine is trying to advertise Inception the movie and then as an added incentive to by the magazine they have extra information in a duller colour.
- This would meet target audiences as it would be more aimed at most men and maybe some women, as it has a dark colour scheme and so isn't trying to use flashy tricks to draw people in and has a steryotical actuion thiller look witgh the star carrying a gun and wearing a suit. Also the specail effects of the slanted writing which is easy to do, would draw the right auidence as this would appeal and interest them to look at, as it's not right and magazines don't useually have this effect.
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