Magazine Analysis - Empire

Empire

The masthead is in a large font and is centred, covering the width of the magazine with the main image in front of it. This connotes how important the character is and that they are the main subject in the magazine.

The slogan for the magazine located beneath the magazine masthead “The world’s biggest movie magazine”. This connotes that this is the movie magazine that everyone reads and therefore so should you. 

The magazine website located in a small font underneath the masthead. This connotes how successful the magazine is as it has its own website and encourages readers to visit it. 

Puff used to further entice the reader to purchase the magazine. The words “Massive Oscars special” connotes that this covers everything that the reader needs to know and that this is something that can’t be missed. 

There are many other films featured within the magazine. However, it appears to be a common convention of film magazines to have one main image of the main article and surrounded by text of other films that are featured. The text used for certain films is much larger than others. For example “The Dark Knight” is in a much bigger font than “Australia”. This connotes how big that certain movie is and the importance of it. 

The main image covers the magazine and is at the centre of the magazine, which draws the reader’s gaze directly to it. The background for the magazine cover is the background for the main image. This is a cloudy stormy background which connotes something being covered up in the movie or shrouded by darkness.

The image of Wolverine on the magazine is covered by light which connotes that he is the hero in the film. Almost his entire figure is surrounded by an ominous glow with his face and body being lit up depicting him as the light amongst the darkness. There are constant references to the colour white such as his vest and even the word ‘Wolverine’ which connotes innocence and purity which tells us he is most likely the victim in the film.