On Sight Magazine Analysis

This is my film magazine. It is my edition of Empire of empire magazine. From what we can see immediately is that the magazine may point within the issue is the picture on the cover. This picture is of my film On Sight. From what we can see is that the magazine doesn't follow normal conventions of a film a trailer and the character is faced away from the audience. This shows that he doesn't want to be looked at or noticed so therefore this connects with the poster that he wants to cover his tracks. The shot is also a low angle shot showing that the setting is towering over the main character. This shows from the audience perspective that he is up against something that is of more power compared to himself. The person who lives or is in this house is probably bad in the trailer. We can see that the briefcase features once again in a product. Like the main character it is a key feature for the film and stands out as one of the brands/films emblems that stay in peoples minds. You could also say the same about the leather jacket. The main character is in front of the Empire magazine. Like other Empire magazines this follows the conventions and is effective because of this. It stands out and is what the audience will see first therefore attracted to this image first instead of the title. The title doesn't need to stand out however as people who buy the magazine know the magazine and the brand. The main character is also in colour whereas the rest of the magazine is in an old fashioned grainy colour. This is effective as the main character stands out but it also signals to the audience that the main character has been in a place where he doesn't belong. Also the text above the Empire masthead is connected and relevant to the main image. The image being the way it is and the actor having an interview inside may entice the audience to buy the magazine and find out what he looks like and see what the film is like. Also see if he gives anything away about it.

 

The On Sight word and subtitle below are in bold, white and red. This shows to the audience that this is what the main image is connected to as this text is the biggest and stands out the most. The fact that it is by the main image anyway shows that they are connected. The remaining text down the left are all done in the same font however they are in colours and sizes. At the top we see that one of the other stories within is about the Bafta nominations. This is shown clearly through the title of the news in a banner. Having three film names below this then in bold writing also shows me as the audience that they are connected. The Bafta banner stands out but it isn't to big that it pulls attention away from the main names below it as these film names alone can attract the audience to go and watch the film. The text at the top on the left are bigger compared to the rest of the writing down the left. This shows that they are trying with the pulling the audience with the names that stand out. However the colour on the text means that they stand out but they don't take the full attention away from the main image. The rest of the text down the left are other issues and news that will be covered within. The TV shows subtitle is quite big to show that this is included however the TV shows that are on are in smaller writing so that they can all be shown and that they aren't the main attention. The other image within is a screen shot of The Wolf Of Wall Street. This screen shot pulls attention on the front of the magazine however the size limits it to attention after the min image and the enlarged writing above it.

The masthead has been done like an Empire magazine that the fact it has the same style however the masthead is slightly transparent. This is to show may have been done to show the full effect of the image and the setting for the main image. Even though it is transparent it stands out really well and is like most other Empire magazines. The other information regarding price and URL are placed by the Empire masthead. This is like most Empire magazines. Finally the barcode has been placed down the side on the right of the magazine. This is here because it looks like the normal position that barcodes go in the bottom right has been given as extra space for the main text. Therefore it has been placed to one side which some Empire issues do follow sometimes.