This magazine is called 'EMPIRE'. This magazine doesn’t seem to be a movie magazine, it appears to look like a men’s magazine due to the image; this edition of the Empire magazine seems to be appeals to the male audience this is because she is posing very seductively and has no top on.
Situated on the front cover is a famous actor called Megan Fox the audience will be enticed to by this magazine as she’s on the front cover. Not only does the name itself 'Megan Fox' sell the magazine, the image of her more importantly sells, on this image she appears to be half naked, of course this image shows that the convention 'sex sells' applies to this magazine cover and also implies that this image is aimed at the male audience. There is a quote on the page which says “one-on-one with the most wanted woman in Hollywood” this attracts woman to read the magazine.
The misc-en-scene of this image is that she appears to be posing in a seductive way as she has no top, appearing to look almost sexy showing skin. She isn’t smiling which also ties in with the fact she is posing seductively. The masthead ‘EMPIRE’ appears to have the font colour red, this colour ties in with the picture as this colour is a seductive colour. She is also looking straight on at the camera which gives the impression that she is looking at the audience straight in their eye. She appears to be covering up the front part of her body. 'THE HOT ISSUE' is the 3rd largest font on the front cover- this shows importance, its almost as if this version of the magazine seems more unique and individual from other issues that they have released previous to this magazine. ‘The Hot Issue’ makes the magazine sound more attractive than usual issues; this could attract a new audience to the magazine. ‘The Hot Issue’ obviously also links to the picture as she is posing in a provocative. The image reflects to the title ‘THE HOT ISSUE’ as she is appearing to be posing hot on the image.
Her name ‘MEGAN FOX’ is the second largest font on the page, this shows the name of her is being emphasised, this will help sell magazines and draw the audience in. This could be to attract the male audience but also attracts members of the audience who are fans of Megan Fox; this could be male or female. It is obvious she has a big fan base as she is a well known actor. Young girls will look up to her as a role model.
The name might just attract fans but the image will attract not just fans but anyone as if the audience see the picture they will want to know who she is. 'Transformers 2's Megan Fox' is also a selling point as a large part of the audience will like the film Transformers 2 and will want to purchase this magazine for any information on the film. Not only does this magazine sell by it being one of the best movie magazines but, the image, actor and films mentioned on the cover also sell the magazine. The colour scheme of the magazine is rather plain and limited, it seems stay to mainly a few colours only. The point of this is so the audience are more drawn to the image of the actor and her name. This film magazine front cover has little relevance to the film she is being interviewed for, TRANSFORMERS 2 has little mention on the front cover, and this is because audience know Megan Fox stars in this film. On the other hand it states ‘Transformers 2’s Megan Fox’. Her image sells the film.
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The image on the front cover of the EMPIRE magazine relates to the image of the character in the film, the character is shown through the image, the text and the font on the front cover. The style of the magazine has a huge reflection of the film and the character not the actress in real life.
The image of the character who is called ‘the joker’ covers the letter P of the masthead ‘EMPIRE’, this gives the audience the sense that the character is the main subject on the page and that he also is empowering the magazine itself, this is because the film is such a huge film and very successful so therefore the main character of the film is showing how powerful his character is. The image of the Joker shows him sat down with his head tilted downwards slightly looking straight at the camera, this indicates that the character is looking straight at the audience, the image of the character shows his weird personality. This image of course is the main aspect of the front cover, his face gesture and body language also shows this. The background of the image is very dull, this links in with the image, the masthead and all the titles and taglines. The colour of the background ties in with the aspect of the film.
The red masthead of the magazine is a dark red and enhances the darkness of the magazine. This gives the audience clues and reinforces the genre of the film. The bright colours of the text on the page stand out on the dark background, all the texts are different fonts and different sizes, these ties in with the film itself, and especially the titles “joker” and “he’s a cold blooded mass-murdering clown” as this is the exact font used in the film. The colours purple and green clash with each other and show a relation with the character situated on the front cover. As we can see the joker’s clothes are the colours green and purple, these colours tie in with the text on the page.
“The Dark Knight, World exclusive” show that the film is already very successful in its own right and also gives the audience the impression that this magazine has released an opportunity that no other magazine has done and obviously cannot be read anywhere else apart from in this magazine. This therefore promotes the magazine and the film. The batman image represents the film and entices the audience to take a look into reading this magazine. As the joker links in with Batman
Towards the bottom left hand side of the front cover there is a list of other films, this will encourage other members of the audience to read this magazine not just the audience of the dark knight.
The image of the character who is called ‘the joker’ covers the letter P of the masthead ‘EMPIRE’, this gives the audience the sense that the character is the main subject on the page and that he also is empowering the magazine itself, this is because the film is such a huge film and very successful so therefore the main character of the film is showing how powerful his character is. The image of the Joker shows him sat down with his head tilted downwards slightly looking straight at the camera, this indicates that the character is looking straight at the audience, the image of the character shows his weird personality. This image of course is the main aspect of the front cover, his face gesture and body language also shows this. The background of the image is very dull, this links in with the image, the masthead and all the titles and taglines. The colour of the background ties in with the aspect of the film.
The red masthead of the magazine is a dark red and enhances the darkness of the magazine. This gives the audience clues and reinforces the genre of the film. The bright colours of the text on the page stand out on the dark background, all the texts are different fonts and different sizes, these ties in with the film itself, and especially the titles “joker” and “he’s a cold blooded mass-murdering clown” as this is the exact font used in the film. The colours purple and green clash with each other and show a relation with the character situated on the front cover. As we can see the joker’s clothes are the colours green and purple, these colours tie in with the text on the page.
“The Dark Knight, World exclusive” show that the film is already very successful in its own right and also gives the audience the impression that this magazine has released an opportunity that no other magazine has done and obviously cannot be read anywhere else apart from in this magazine. This therefore promotes the magazine and the film. The batman image represents the film and entices the audience to take a look into reading this magazine. As the joker links in with Batman
Towards the bottom left hand side of the front cover there is a list of other films, this will encourage other members of the audience to read this magazine not just the audience of the dark knight.
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