Magazine Cover Reseach

These are some examples of magazine names and logos that are commonly used to promote films to readers. There titles are well known and are always the same. One thing that changes about the logos/title is the colours used. Depending on the colour scheme of the magazine cover the title may change colour. The most common colours used are red and black but on the occasion there are covers that have the title shown in a different colour all together but this is rarely done.

The position of the person on the cover ranges on each magazine cover. The shot that has been used of the person seams to have an impact on this. For example the magazine cover with Chris Pines star trek character on it is a close up shot of his face. Because of this the title is over the top of his face and fully visible. The second magazine cover of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character from inception is full length body shot minus a view of his feet. With this image the title is placed behind him. I think that this is done because  with the body shot the title is still visible behind the photo and the audience can identify the name of the magazine. If they would have done this with the close up shot then the title would not be visible to the audience. When creating our magazine cover, the type of photo that we use will have an impact on the way we layout the composition of the cover. Especially the placement of the title.  

Here is an example of two covers from the same magazine. Two different issues that have different covers. On both of these there is a difference in the information heading. The first magazine cover shows promotion fro the first captain America film. This is clear because the name of the film is in bold bright capital font so that it is noticed by the readers. The second cover is promotion the 6th instalment in the Harry Potter film series. The difference in this cover is that the name of the film is not shown as boldly as the previous. I think that this is because the harry potter film series is well known to everyone and because it is the sixth film, people will recognise Daniel Radcliffe’s character and not need to see the title of the film where as the Captain America cover is the first film and people would not be familiar with it.