1. The masthead for this movie magazine is
conventional other a few aspects. The The main image for this movie magazine
font colour of the masthead is in red that is centred conventionally in the middle of
juxtaposes against the white background the magazine. This is conventional
and indicates the genre horror. The font magazine mid-shot portrait of a character
is shown in a bold, uppercase font with a or celebrity within a film. As the
black showed effect giving the audience a magazine is horror genre specific the
view that the masthead is 3D. This is a magazines main image is presented as a
clever effect that makes this masthead hyperbole, the girl is presented as a
unconventional to other forms of existing victim with blood stained hair and face.
magazines. The 2nd unconventional aspect The use of blood immediately impacts on
is the 3D shadow effect on the word genre to the audience of a horror. The
magazine integrated into the word magazine has no background and has
“Gorezone” it is hard to read but been cut against a white background
noticeable this matches the way total film giving the image even more of an eye
have also done the masthead giving a catching look to the audience. This main
creative spin on the masthead itself. The symbolises horror immediately, bringing
masthead is spread around the entire top in the target audience straight away. This
frame of the magazine is a conventional magazine also draws in other audiences
format, giving evidence of not pushing due to the exaggerated photograph used.
conventions to there limits
The puffs and cover lines throughout this
The colours used within the magazine
magazine are all in the same font, this is
front cover symbolises the genre
conventional to use similar fonts but not
specified audiences straight away. With
the same throughout, I feel this feature
relation to the image the use of the
may have ruined the full potential of the
colours red juxtaposing with light blue
magazine. The puffs and sell lines are
creates an eye-catching effect to the
situated around the edge of the magazine
audience as the colours blue and red
in a bold font with a mixture of upper and
don’t usually go together this creates a
lower case. The slugs and cover lines used
diversion intriguing the audience into
within the magazine are in upper case
picking up the magazine. The colour red
and in a mixture of colours between blue
introduces the horror genre straight
and red and white, which I personally feel
away, linking to the colours on the blood
isn’t clear to the audience what they are
stained image and the masthead. The
trying to intrigue the audience into. The
The layout of the magazine front cover is very conventional with the masthead colours contrast against each other
main feature used well within the puffs is
at the top of the magazine followed by the main image in the centre. The puffs within the magazine the blue, red and
the buzz words are in a separate colour,
and slugs are overlapping the image but not enough to now reveal the main white create a evoking impact on the
red, which begins in the genre
evoking parts. The barcode is situated in the bottom right hand corner along audiences eye as they juxtapose.
specification and separated from the rest
with the issue date and price. This magazine fully follows conventions of any
of the text.
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