Total Film analysis

I have decided that my film would appear on the cover of a mainstream magazine similar to Total Film/Empire. This is because my film is from a comedy genre, but also because it is distributed by Hollywood Studios, Universal and Summit Entertainment. I imagine my magazine will be a comedy special edition and that the cover will be dominated by films from that genre.

I am going to look at three covers for Total Film Magazine to see the way that mainstream film magazines use the conventions of magazine front covers. While all types of film magazines have a masthead, coverlines. dominant central images and banners, the ways in which these conventions are used, change depending on the type of magazine.

 (tag lines) 

Head of central dominant image appearing in front of the title as well 

The Similarities:

Each of these magazines have the head of their central dominant image blocking part of the magazine chache

The film title of the magazine always appears in the centre of the magazine 

The taglines that feature other films always appear to surround the central dominant image on the sides of the magazines 

THE CONCLUSION 

For my magazine in concern of the course work, I will make sure that I include in the magaizne. For isntance, bright blocky writing, coverlines relating to hollywood films, lots of banners, head covering the title.