I wanted to compare my Film front cover to a profesonal to see how well i done or what i need to improve for next time.
Empire is one of the most respected film magazines standing today so i thought this would be a great expamle to compare from. I also took one of there front covers with a horror theme running through it.
Main image: The main image of Empire shows part of the loaction and a charcter or a prop from the film. With my own front cover i have also shown location,prop and charcter though my own image is alot darker. Both main images take up the whole page with the masthead ect over the top. Most film magazines do this so i feel tha my own front cover looks quiet realistic.
Masthead : As most masthead's there placed at the very top taking up most of the top part of the page. There also always in the same font every issue though sometimes the colour may change due to the main image behind. Mine and empire magazines mashead is very simalr with the placing of the name as it will catch the eye on the shelfs. Also the colouring we have both used (red) will add to this.
Selling Lines: Selling lines are always the same on every magzine e.g Heat: Best celb mag, Mercury: Hertfordshires news. With empire they dont have a selling line that is the same every week but for this they have 'The 500 greatest movies of all time'. This selling line is big and bold and even over lapping the Masthead so its the first thing the audience read drawing them in.
My selling line is under the Masthead 'First horror film magzaine' as i wanted the audience to first read the title and then assicatate the title with the selling line. Not the other way around.
Cover Lines:My cover lines are quiet small and tucked away as i wanted the foucs to be on the film not the other articals in the magzine. For most magazines this is the same but for this issue of empire there is only 2 cover lines which are quiet large and draw your attention away from the main image. So for this issue Empire challenged conventions by doing this by for my front cover i thought that challenging conventiosn might be a little diffulct as i wanted to foucs to be on the main image.
Barcoade: Both bar codes are tucked away neatly to give room for more import thins such as masthead,coverlines and the main image.
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