Empire Front Cover AnalysisAnalysis of Spiderman Empire Front Cover

The CoverThis is one of the magazine

covers I have chosen to analyse. I chose this cover as the image stood out for me in

particular.

The Masthead

The masthead for Empire Magazine makes a statement on the page. The red especially stands out on the dull background used for the image. The font used, I feel links in well with the word ‘Empire.’

The word Empire immediately creates connotations of the city New York, and the large bold font links to these connotations. The masthead is not too invaded by the main image used for the

magazine, so is still visible at the top of the page, but the bold writing does help to give an impact to the audience.

The Splash

The splash used for this cover I feel doesn’t really work that well. It is a clear splash and it doesn’t invade the image too much.

However, I feel that it fades into the background too much and doesn’t really stand out to the public. The colours used do link in

with the main image, however the do blend in with the background. Also the splash is not located in the conventional place for a cover, which is normally at the bottom of the page, I feel that the splash is

slightly too close to the Masthead on this particular example.

The Main Image

The main image on this magazine I feel really stands out, it was what particularly attracted me to this example. The pose the actor is in is typical of the character of Spiderman, it is his traditional

pose, which I think is a clever design as fans of Spiderman would be attracted to this image on this cover. Also the clothing which they

have placed the actor in is different to the colours normally associated with Spiderman. This links in with the splash saying ‘the

New Look Spiderman.’ I again feel this is a very clever and close attention to detail and it would again attract fans of Spiderman as

they would want to know what has changed, and has his suit changed permanently.

Subsidiary Images

There are not many Subsidiary images used on this example, and I feel that the ones used haven’t really been placed well on the page. I feel the subsidiary images used here are slightly invasive of the

main image and don’t really work well with the theme of the cover. I feel it may have been slightly better if it was just the text used

rather than using the images as well. I feel that these images have slightly cluttered the cover.

Additional Information

There has been additional information added to this cover, in the form of sub-headings. The sub-headings give extra information on

what is located in the magazine and, however, they are not as clear as the could be. The extra detail of the plus sign is effective as it

attracts the audience to the extra detail inside without the producers having to write ‘plus.’ I feel this is a very effective

attention to detail.