Deconstructing magazine front cover 2

This magazine cover is from the company 'TOTAL FILM' and the main focus of this magazine cover is the film 'Jenifer's body' which stars Megan Fox.

The colour scheme here is simple yet effective, the plain white background makes it easy for the text and image to stand out well. The masthead is in a large red text which stands out and instantly makes the magazine recognisable as TOTAL FILM are a well known magazine company.

The main image of the cover is if Megan Fox from the film 'Jenifer's Body', she is wearing a cheer leading outfit and is showing a lot of flesh which will entice the male readers, she is standing in a dominate pose staring straight at the camera which shows her dominance and may intimidate some people. Firstly you think it is a harmless image but when you look closer you can see blood dripping from her right hand, this gives the cover a dark twist and the blood stands out well against the white background, the reader now knows why there is so much white space, as the blood stands out well. Megan Fox's pose and hand now makes the cover look a lot darker and we understand a lot more about the film, which is called 'Jenifer's body', as this film sounds like a chic flick we now understand it has a much darker feel.

The Magazines selling line is ‘our biggest preview ever! ’ The bold sans-serif font stands out and as ‘BIGGEST’ is in a different colour it is also made to stand out, the word biggest makes people think that this is something that they defiantly do not want to miss out on. The tag line is positioned in the left third of the magazine; possibly the most important part of a magazine cover as it is not covered on the shelves. The date,price, issue number and magazine web address are interestingly positioned between the top of the ‘M.’ The web address is the largest of these and again reaffirms the name of the magazine. These texts are black so do stand out against the white background, but not as much as the red and blue texts do. The top right of the cover shows 3 images of films that are featured inside the magazine, like Jennifer’s Body they are current films. The images are placed in individual grey boxes that are manipulated in different directions to be appealing to the eye. The images have the film title and page covering the bottom of the image. This is an interesting and eye catching way to display cover lines.

The left hand side of the cover displays a Grey/ Blue/ White arrow that is pointing toward Megan Fox. The arrow has ‘the future 100’ written over it in American football shirt style writing that works well with the cheerleader outfit. Directly below the arrow is ‘everything that matters over the next 12 months’ as this is positioned in the left third it is constantly on show and attracts the eye. The writing is very simple and the grey writing mirrors the grey arrow. On the right hand side below the masthead is ‘A TON OF EXCLUSIVES!’ a bold capital font is used,continuing the blue/ white theme. This title is eye catching as people want to read ‘exclusives.’ Large numbers appear to be used over the cover;100, 59, 53, 94, 128. This is done to create the illusion that the magazine is full with articles. ‘PLUS’ stands out as it is positioned on a spacey white area and uses a bold red font that is similar to the masthead. The barcodeis situated on the bottom right hand corner of the cover; possibly the least important part of the cover. This cover uses white space efficiently to break up the variety of cover lines and stories that appear on the cover. The cover clearly expresses that the magazine is a film magazine; combining the masthead, imagery and cover lines. This magazine cover is simple, yet effective and that is what I would like to achieve with my cover.