Evaluation Of Magazine Front Cover for No.38

The production of this magazine front cover involved several attempts in order to achieve the required effect ; careful consideration being given at all stages of design. The following presents the evaluation of the process.

Denotation: The focus of the cover are the images that have been placed to the right on top of the eye catching background. Starting from the top where the magazine title is situated, the 'F' of film travels along ,meeting a red and black three diminutional star at the top right corner. The title of the magazine; 'Film Release' is written in two different fonts, colours and sizes. The 'Film' part is written in a font called 'sand paper' in a white colour and uses a large font. The 'Release' part is written in a smaller font called 'Cracked' in a red colour.

Moving down the magazine, on the left hand side of the words 'No. 38 The Most Ambitious Horror Film Ever Made?' can be seen. It is written in a font called 'Assimilation', in white. The 'No.38' is also written in 'Cracked' font. Below this is a second three diminutional red and black star with the words 'The Oscars' written inside.

Four overlapping images with white and maroon borders also lead down the right hand side of the magazine. Each has a new word in, stating 'The images of No.38'. and continue down the right hand side where the barcode, price and issue number of the magazine can be found. Finally, centralised at the bottom of the magazine the text 'Matt Damon is back in the new epic Green Zone' is written in the white 'sandpaper' font.

Connotation: As this is a magazine front cover, the connotations constructed are not the same as the ones I created for the film poster. I have positioned the different objects to make the front cover as eye catching as possible. The background image is effective because it gives a sinister and mysterious effect.

The Text on the left of the magazine; 'No. 38 The Most Ambitious Horror Film Ever Made' is an effective sales slogan as it conveys an impression that this issue of the magazine is discussing one of the greatest film ever made which, of course, attracts people to the magazine.

How Does this Product Synergise with The film poster and film trailer?

This Magazine Front Cover has synergy with the film trailer and poster in two ways:

- Font

- Images

Font: the font used for the text 'No. 38' on the magazine front cover is the same as that used on the film poster. Furthermore, the 'Sandpaper' font used on the magazine front cover is also the same as that used in the trailer.

Images: The background image used on the magazine front cover is the same as the one used as a frame in the trailer. furthermore, the four smaller images on the cover are all taken from the trailer, and, subsequently, one image- the image of the house-is the same one used as the background for the film poster.

How Would this Product be Improved?

The only area that I would choose to improve is at the bottom of the page, where I feel it is not as professional and conventional as the top. Therefore this is how I would change it;

A simple but effective improvement would be to but a border around the text that reads 'Matt Damon Is Back In The New Epic Green Zone'. This would make the bottom of the magazine seem more 'full' and thus in synergy with the top.