Front Cover Analysis 1

On the front cover of this magazine they are featuring the film 'Aliens vs predator' as well as featuring other new films in small pictures at the bottom of the front cover. I will be focussing on how the magazine advertises 'Alien vs predator', first of all the picture of the aliens and predators covers basically the whole front cover which would immediately catch the readers attention. It is also complemented with a bold cover line in the colour white with a blue shadow as a bolder to the writing, this blue colour around it is similar to the colour of the 'aliens' and 'predators' in the picture, this helps to really connect the two items on the front cover. The text in the cover line also helps to 'build excitement' for the movie, for example "The First Killer Blockbuster" is a very powerful statement and would help to 'sell' the movie to the reader. Another instance of the editors wishing to fully advertise 'Aliens vs Predators' is the fact they have placed the two 'characters' of the film in the hotspots of the the principle of thirds, this puts more emphasis on them. They are also directly through the route of the eye going diagonally down the page which has the same effect as my previous point.

As well as the 'Aliens vs Predator' feature other things are also incorporated on the front cover. For example the four films featured in small pictures at the bottom of the page gives them added interest due to there being pictures of them, they are also in the readers eye due to them being close to the main feature which itself gives other things coverage. The main colour scheme for the front cover features yellow black and white, The yellow is mostly used as a fill colour for a box with black writing contrasting this, this helps to emphasise whatever the writing is, An example of this is the pug placed on the left hand side of the front cover just below the masthead. It features information about an article in the magazine where they have reviewed various movies, the contrasting colours helps to give it a more eye catching appeal. The strapline of the front cover features names 'big' in media, for example 'Sky' and 'BBC', this association with these big companies would give the magazine added prestige and possibly increase its appeal to an audience.