Film Magazine Research
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Film Magazine Research Connor Evans
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Research into four different professional film magazines in order to aid the development of my own film magazine which I will create for my A2 film trailer, Travis.
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Film MagazineResearch
Connor Evans
Empire - November 2011The title of the magazine ‘EMPIRE’ is written in big, bold letters at the top of the magazine. The red is not repeated elsewhere, and so it brings further attention to the title. This shows how important the magazine is, emphasised by the slogan above ‘THE WORLD’S BIGGEST MOVIE MAGAZINE’.
The bright colours used on the cover go against the dark image of thriller movie ‘THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO’. These bright colours bring attention the important features, and is repeated throughout the cover, in red, pink, yellow, and blue.
There is a barcode on the side, a common feature of film magazines, as they are sold in stores. I will need to include a barcode on my own magazine cover.
This text on the magazine is not in capital letters, or in a bright and attention-grabbing colour. This is to highlight that it is not the important text, and is a little description into the subheadings above.
The magazine cover convention of date, and price, is included above the ‘M’ in ‘EMPIRE’. This is something I’ll need to use on my own magazine cover.
Total Film - August 2010The cover image features Angelina Jolie in character as Evelyn Salt. This is something that I will consider for my own film magazine, as it will add to the idea of the magazine being about film, and not about the star.
Unlike the cover of Empire, this magazine cover uses colour in the background, and on the ‘TOTAL FILM’ text above. This means that the cover’s text is not as eye-catching, and the cover image is the focus of this cover. I feel that I want to find a balance of bringing attention to the font and the background, though this may be more suited to the style of Travis, as it is not a bright and happy film.
The use of shapes to outline important text helps separate it from the background so that it doesn’t just blend in. I like the red border of stars around the slogan, ‘THE WORLD’S BEST MOVIE REVIEWS’ as it draws attention to the statement that would separate the magazine from other ones of a similar theme and nature.
I feel that the magazine is a little too cluttered in text, and would want to have a more toned down and simplistic magazine cover that makes use of the space without too much going on.
Total Film – April 2012
This film magazine uses shapes to bring attention to certain features, and to ensure that nothing blends into the background, while still having the focus been on the cover image, through the bright fiery background behind Jennifer Lawrence, in character as Katniss Everdeen.
The film uses sloped headings – that are in red boxes – to bring attention to them without overshadowing the text beneath it. The focus becomes on the text itself, and not necessarily on the heading, which encourages further reading.
The magazine cover makes use of the space, having more promotional features at the very top of the magazine cover. The way that the main title text ‘TOTAL FILM’ is covered slightly shows how influential the magazine is, and is a common feature of popular magazines.
Entertainment Weekly - April 2014
The image of the stars of The Amazing Spiderman 2, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, takes up a lot of the magazine cover. This is something I want to employ in the creation of my own magazine cover.
The cover of this edition of ‘ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’, adds an extra word, ‘SPIDEY.’ This fits in with the film featured, advertising it further, and clearly showing what the film is in case someone is unfamiliar with it.
The magazine cover features completely white text so that it can be read easily. Although I will make sure the font of my magazine cover is clear, I want to use something other than white.
I feel that the magazine cover is very simplistic, making it less eye-catching than lots of other film magazines.
ConclusionAfter reviewing and analysing the four magazine covers, I feel that I have a more active and clear image of the magazine cover that I want to create for Travis. The first magazine cover, the November 2011 issue of Empire Magazine, was my favourite. It was more balanced in terms of how much text and image there was. I think that the Total Film covers were a little too cluttered, and the Entertainment Weekly cover a little plain. Fincher’s movie, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was very clearly advertised and I want to make sure that Travis is the main focus of my magazine cover. The two Total Film covers employed a lot of similar methods. They feature the main star of the film, in character, which is something that I am considering for my own film magazine cover. The conventions, such as price, date, magazine name, and barcode were repeated throughout the four covers and I will be including these things in my own magazine cover.
