The fonts are made to look as if they are smeared in a blood

type effect giving the authenticity of the

horror genre magazines.

The clear bold text used within the magazine is bold and easy

to read. This is conventional as it allows the audience to read it from afar and draws them into

the magazine.

The layout is very easy to look out and central. All of the main text is central on the page to make

them stand out and are in line with the route of the eye and hot spots meaning that the audience

read all the important information from top left to bottom right. This is very convectional as it makes

sure people read the right info and looks authentic.

The magazines Masthead is red which

is a signifier of danger and death immediately telling us that this is a

horror magazine, as well as the use of the blood droplets. This is conventional as it shows the genre of the magazine

and many of them like this use the same type of effect.

The fonts on the page are central which is seen within all most every magazine of its type to entice the audience. Also the use of white

outlines over the masthead and main caption allow them to pop from the image behind

making them stand out more to the audience making this magazine conventional.

The lack of colour within the page allows

the audience to kindle the horror scenario within the magazine. The black and white image allows the text to pop

out into the foreground which is very conventional to the horror genre mags.

The red and whites throughout the front cover are very minimalistic

allowing us to concentrate on the text and the background image which is

conventional tot his genre of

magazine.

The background image used within the magazine has had its eyes taken

out. This makes it a more convectional looking horror image and allows the audience to realise this is a horror magazine. This also

can be said for the use of the axe.

The two small images attached to

the strap lines are in colour so not to loose themselves within the main image. This sis conventional as it

allows them to be a strap line of their own and shows people that there is not just one part to the magazine.

The layout is very easy to look out

and central. All of the main text is central on the page to make them stand out and are in line with the

route of the eye and hot spots meaning that the audience read all the important information from top

left to bottom right. This is very

convectional as it makes sure people read the right info and looks

authentic.

The fonts on the page are central which is seen within all most every magazine of its type to entice the audience. Also the use of white

outlines over the masthead and main caption allow them to pop from the image behind making

them stand out more to the audience making this magazine

conventional.

The background image used within the magazine I all blue. This gives the

effect that the front image of the

actor stands out more and he is the most important part of the magazine cover. This view is very conventional to magazines as it allows the images

to be recognised more.

The magazines Masthead is red which is a signifier of danger and

death immediately telling us that this is an action film. This is conventional as it shows the genre of the magazine and many of

them like this use the same type of effect.

The clear bold text used within the magazine is bold and easy

to read. This is conventional as it allows the audience to read it

from afar and draws them into the magazine. The use of a gun makes the

situation and the realism of the image apparent. Many

magazine in this genre category use guns to entice the adults to

watch the film.

The colours within this magazine are very bold and minimalistic. The use of reds, whites and blues give a feel of everything needs to be read and there are lots of important information within the front cover.

There are also very few tag lines, captions and strap lines making this magazine conventional as there is not generally many pieces of information to read on a horror genre magazine … its all about the images

used.