Magazine front cover research.

  I wanted to compare two magazine front covers. One horror themed and one with only a hint of the film included within the picture used (below). In my opinion I think the 'total FILM' cover works better as you get to clearly see the actor that is featuring in the film but there is a slight horror look to it without being too over the top.

The title:  If we decide that our magazine cover will be of a popular film magazine like 'Total FILM' then we will have the picture as it is displayed here, were the picture has been placed over the top. This gives a very professional look to the magazine as people already know the style title enough to know the magazine itself.

Top banner:
The thing you will notice with both of these front covers is that they both include a banner above the title. It can give small but important information to the viewer of the magazine before they buy.
Colours:I think the use of colours on a front cover is one of the most important things, as its what gives the cover its overall look. The red suits the horror themed cover has it suggests fear and violence. I think if that red was used instead of the blue on the FILM cover it would have been much more effective .

Features:
Something that caught my eye straight away was the film roll on the horror magazine, I really like the way this is used and I would like to include this in our final front cover as it brings your eye towards the bar code and price,, which will interest the viewer further into buying it.