Magazine Cover Analysis

May 2011


This issue of empire magazine is from May 2011. The feature article and the front cover is X-men. The colour scheme is the classic red, and white. There is a promotion on the front cover of the two X-men magazines, and it tells that this issue is the first of two issues on the film. there is a coverline 'apocalypse now special' is made on a background of torn paper, this makes the text and heading stand out. other coverlines just have the names of renowned actors, and on the right hand side there are titles advertising reviews on films. 

January 2010

This issue of empire magazine was realeased in january 2010, and the feature is iron man. the title works well wit the theme of the mazine, with a lighting bolt style affect and the blue on iron man. the colour scheme is electtric blue, grey an white, and while not emcompassing he magazine's red, there is still red on iron man himself. the colverlines incle popular movie and information in the movie industry, theres is not as muc information as the 2005 cover, below. but it's still through. i think this magazine cover is very effective and the use of photoshop is brilliantly used.  

February 2005

this magazine cover is from Empire February 2005, the feature is of oceans twelve with the three main stars, Matt Damon,Brad Pitt, and George Clooney on the cover.The headline tells how the film is full of A-list stars, with coverlines including more famous actors and actresses. the other articles advertised on the front cover are under the heading 'AMAZING START TO 2005!'this is on a film reel background which adds to the film magazine genre, and is effective. other coverlines advertise articles in the magazine, by using onomatopoeia it grabs the readers attention and the titles themselves intise the reader into reading. the colour theme for this issue is black, red and grey, these colours work well together with the masculine feature and other article.