Magazine research

This is a very striking magazine cover which reflects the atmosphere that is created throughout the film. There is a strong image of one of the main characters, it is important to note that the actor is in character. The dark background reflects the dark themes of the film and also contrasts with the character's pale skin.

There is a bold heading, which reads 'Empire', the magazine name. The lettering is clear and is coloured red which again contrasts with the background. There is also a subheading at the bottom which says 'Twilight: New Moon'; this is also bold, and coloured bright yellow which contrasts with the background also. There are a number of other sub-headings advertising different segments. All of the headings revolve around the picture of the character, that is the focal point. A number of necessities are also advertised, such as: the price, free things, barcode, but they are much smaller and the focus remains on the 'Twilight' segments. 

Again, this magazine cover, follows the theme of the film which is gothic romance. The background is dark, showing a dark scene from the film. The focal point is the two main characters, everything else, like adverts, revolve around this. The two main characters cover the main heading slightly, showing that they are the most important feature. They are also looking at each other, showing there is a relationship between them. The title is large and bold, it is also white which contrasts with the dark background. There is a colour scheme of blacks, greys, white and yellow; this creates consistency and looks more official.  

This cover of 'Total Film' shows the main character of 'Avatar'. The character is making eye contact with the viewer, making it more intense and appealing to the audience. Again the character fills the cover, with part of him covering the title, showing the character is most important. The background of the cover follows the blue colour scheme and appears to be a scene from the world that the character is from. 

All of the other adverts and features of the magazine cover are situated around the character, stressing the importance of the character.

All of these magazine covers advertise one main film and everything else is smaller and appears to be less important. The main character is the main feature, with everything else such as price, barcode and adverts for other segments are situated around the character.

This is another magazine cover for 'Total Film' for The Adjustment Bureau. This cover incorporates the film's setting  and include elements from the film such as the hatted silhouette on the building behind the characters. This gives the audience a link to the film and to be suspicious of this. The characters aren't looking up towards the reader but are in an action shot which must mean their running is significant to the storyline. 

The font for the title of the film is the font used for the actual film. This would then make advertising through posters more recognisable, this is something that we should definitely make sure we do. Advertisements are fairly minute in comparison to the main picture perhaps apart from the yellow circle which indicates that this is something that the reader would also be interested in. The main picture is barely covered; it overlaps the 'Total Film' title and the adverts and bar-code etc are placed in insignificant places on the characters such as their feet.  

COMPARISON BETWEEN MAGAZINE COVER AND POSTER FOR THE SAME FILM:

I felt it was necessary to compare the same film for the poster and magazine cover as we would need to consider the similarities for our own. 

  

This is the poster for the last magazine cover, The Adjustment Bureau. It is fairly similar to the magazine cover as it uses the same image of the characters and the background/setting. The poster puts more emphasis on the actors as the magazine cover doesn't boldly mention their names. The font is the same however is it put at an interesting angle to perhaps indicate that the plot isn't exactly straight forward. 

The colour scheme is very modern, with the use of grey tones in the background and the contrasting red of the title and dress. This also creates a dramatic appearance which is linked with the characters running. This is the same position of the characters as the magazine cover however they are zoomed in for the magazine. 

Overall they are mostly similar in appearance, but the poster includes a slogan and the actors names. It also varies with colour scheme and closeness to the characters. I think this will help us further with making our poster and magazine.