15/11/2012 - Conventions of a Film Magazine Front Cover

I am going to focus on this magazine front cover as I feel that it will be relevant to the process in making our very own cover. I think that this is an appropriate front cover as the person on the magazine is Johnny Depp but in the character of Sweeney Todd from the film. The magazine is evidently about his character hence why he is in costume for the image. For our magazine front cover we have decided that we will dress our model in the same clothes that she wears when playing Lily in the our film trailer. This is because, it will continue to target our audience and they will be able to easily recognise and want to read this magazine.

The title of the magazine and a phrase underneath is located at the top of the magazine so that it is noticeable but does not take up too much room on the cover. The text is big and the white and blue colours are bold on a dark background.

The magazine cover also uses few words but ensures that they are significant and grab the readers attention!

I have also noticed that there is no bar code or pricing on this magazine so perhaps in our own magazine we won't include these two conventions as the design if simple and effective without them.

In contrast, this magazine cover has much more writing which I personally do not like as I think it detracts the reader away from the main figure in the centre of the cover. I have noticed that there is a barcode located in the bottom right hand corner and perhaps this suggests after further research that we should also include a bar code to make the magazine appear more legitimate and realistic.