Film Magazine analysis

The film magazine which i am going to be analysing is an issue of the magazine Empire, which primarly focuses on new films which have just been released or hot new titles which the magazine thinks will get their readers interested. It is a good example as it is one of the only magazines focuses on everything in the cinema from British cinema to Bollywood, there is something for every film lover in that magazine.



The main image is pulled into focus and is considered a higher priority than the title to the reader as the main image of the film sin city serves to block out part of the title for the magazine, it makes good use of the image which it has obtained by blowing it up to make it stand out and not allowing it to be dwarfed even by its own title.

It uses big bold text in order to grab the readers eye and puts it in white to make it stand out fromt he rest of the magazine. The title however is in the signature red of Empire which is an eye grabbing colour on almost any background, this is a good move especially on colours such as dark blue, black or white because the colour really stands out and speaks the the audience about what is being advertised e.g. as shown here it is a dark blue with the red title suggests a film which is quite action packed and possibly thriller in some parts, as does with a white background it would suggest something calming and possibly funny.

Another point i quite like about Empire is that it does not just devote an entire front page just to one fiom, it does split the page, allbeit a little unfairly, but it uses a comical film reel to place images of other films and stories to use later on the magazine, this is a feature which i plan on using on my magazine as it would allow for more films to be advertised on the front page of my magazine cover.