Magazine Research

All of the film magazines studied are ‘Total Film’ Magazines this is due to the magazine being well known and interesting to read and it includes all the popular and new films that are out near the issue date.

This magazine is issued at the time of the ‘X-men 2’ film release. The magazine promotes this by having the front cover as an image of one of the X-men characters. The colours of the magazine are dark with a dark background then bright white text and orange text, this stands out and attracts the user. Also part of the image overlaps the graphics on the magazine. This is similar to the James Bond film cover, this adds to the impact of the cover and helps stand out.

This magazine cover for ‘Star Trek’ is greyscale then the red text used at the top and bottom of the page help the magazine stand out. The image on this magazine does not overlap like the other two magazines, this has just a close-up shot of one of the ‘Star Trek’ characters. This helps the magazine stand out, also the large font magazine title helps people find out what the magazine is called and are easily identifiable for people who already read these magazines.

The colour scheme of this magazine fits in with the image. The house style is white, grey and gold. This adds to the style of James bond with smart font and colours. The text gives an insight of what is in the magazine with new films and reviews. The image over laying the text gives an almost 3D effect of the character popping out of the page.

These magazines show that the magazine cover that will be created needs to include a large background image. With a colour scheme that will suit the image. The text on the magazine needs to include future films and an insight on what is inside the magazine. The cover also needs to stand out by either the use of overlapping and image or having an image which stands out and can easily catch the users eye.