Existing Film Magazine Covers

In three of these magazine covers the image is a close up of one of the main characters from the film featured. The film is the main headline on the magazine and can be identified through a title in a large and bold font. All of the characters are looking directly at us and so we are drawn in and feel compelled to look at the magazine. Usually the colour scheme of the writing fits in with the dominant colour of the image as this creates compositional harmony and a pleasant product to look at. If a front cover is pleasing to look at then people are more likely to be drawn in by it and as a result are more likely to want to buy it. Along with the main headline there are also smaller articles advertised on the front cover and are presented in a smaller font usually along the sides of the cover. The images and text overlay eachother but designers will have made sure that no mechanical barriers are created so that everything can be seen and read easily. All the covers feature coventions such as a masthead, main image, main headline and a barcode. Some of the covers shown are more mainstream and others feature more independent films. When creating my cover I will have to decide on what sort of magazine I want to create depending on whether I believe our film to be mainstream or niche.