Magazine research

These are examples of some Total Film magazine front covers which i have analysed and helped me and my group to create some inital ideas on what our magazine will look like. When looking at these magazines it suggested some conventions of magazines which me and my group needed to decide will be kept or challenged within our coursework. These magazines all have a bold title of a film in which the picture on the front is normally from. Also when researching magazines we found that the picture on the front was off the main characters in a particular pose that suggests their character in the film. We decided that we would keep these conventions as the picture we wanted to put on ours will show there specfic characters that are vital for the film.

This poster is a good example of a conventional film magazine, which has all the necessary conventions that a magazine of this type should have.

-It has a big, bold masthead which is instantly recognised by the audience
-Conventional layout with the main image being the cover story (Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes)
-The bright blue and white colours dominates the front cover and is eye catching for the audience. The dominating colour usually changes depending on what film is the cover story

-Information and content is the main focus, clearly shown with the lack of empty spaces
-The Slogan 'World Exclusive' serves as the selling point as this will attract the audience because the world exclusive will make this magazine unique and eye catching