Reseach into Film Magazine Front Covers

As part of the film publicity campaign we had to create a film magazine front cover. In order for our magazine front cover to be successful, we decided to research into existing magazine front covers. In doing so, I believe that it helped in the process of making our own magazine front cover. As you can see in this photo, it is a close up of a vampire, this is effective because it allows you to become up close and personal with the character on the front cover. Looking through most of this magazine's front covers's most of the images seem to be closeups of the character in the image. This magazine is a popular horror film magazine, so by looking at the typography it tells us straight away that this is a horror magazine, due to the sharp edges of the lettering. The stylized typography on the magazine front cover can then give us an insight to what font and image we could consider using for our magazine front cover.

Gorezone magazine is another popular horror film magazine, but this magazine is UK based unlike 'Fangoria'. As you can see, the main image is also a close up of the main character in a movie, but it has been layered so the picture is over the title. This is effective because it draws the reader to the image more. This convention could be applied to our film magazine front cover as it celebrates the protagonist. The typography used in this film magazine is pretty basic, as well as the colours used. This could suggest the target audience of the magazine. Considering the typography and the main image this magazine could be targeted to an older teenage audience that are interested in horror genre's.



Empire magazine is a popular film magazine. As you can see the protagonist is centre of the film magazine. The long shot gives us his full image, showing us that he is in a suit, yet his face is sinister and menacing. The magazine headline is very bold and clear even though the image is over the headline. The typography is brightly coloured and varied font styles, in which it correlates with the protagonist in the main image. This could be applied to our Film magazine front cover as it would reflect the appropriate genre of the movie, as well as attracting the reader to the magazine.