conventions of a Film Magazine

Conventions of a magazine cover

In my coursework as well as a trailer I will also have to produce a magazine cover and a film poster. I am about to look in depth at the conventions that are used in a magazine cover.

Here is an example of a Film based magazines: 

Conventions

Main cover picture

As you can see from the image above the main cover picture consists of the actors in character. This enables us to have an insight into what film they may be focusing on in this magazine. The actors being in characters also help to show a little bit of the story line. If the cover was brightly colored and had a picture of a clown on the front we may think about the story line being different in comparison to the one that is labeled above. The fact that the girl is hold on to one of the two men in the picture shows us she is timid but curious. The middle of the three characters shows a protecting kind of figure. The picture shows a great story line because from the image we can understand a basic view of how the characters are in the film.

Title of the magazine

The title of the magazine just shows a basic understanding of the fact the magazine is film based as the title of the image above is called “Total film”. This just gives the reader at a quick glance what the magazine may be about.

Title of the film

As you can see from the image above the main film title is often in a much larger font text then all of the other miniature stories that are also included on the front cover. Its is not as big as the title of the magazine but more often then not it is easily viewed by the reader, where as the magazine title may be behind the main picture in some cases.

Miniature tag line

The miniature tag line ‘ No one is safe…’ this draws the target audience in. The line 'no one is safe' helps us to understands the main feature of the magazine.