Research and Planning: Magazine Analysis

• The masthead is in red, that's a dominant colour of horror that relates to danger and blood.


• The mid close-up shot of the female character in the picture focuses on her fear as well as bravery as it seems she's trying to hide the fear.
  

• As the girl in the picture is covered in blood it straight away tells the audience it's a horror film magazine. The picture is the most eye-catching horror related part to the magazine.

• Blue and red font is used all over the cover, smallest text of different articles on the left side and main story on the right in big and small font size. The extra feature is mentioned in a red box on the right middle to stand out from the rest of the text and with the use of black and white font colour. The second main text is in the bottom left corner so all of the text fits in well together on the space of the cover. Last of all the bar code is at the bottom right corner.
  

• Blue and red font point out to the picture which is mainly green and yellow so then the picture can be the biggest attraction, easier to get the attention of horror film fans.

• As the featured content is based on a horror film the masthead is red instead of the usual white colour. The red colour connotates blood, gruesome attacks which relate to the featured film "Jennifer's Body".

• The long shot of Megan Fox with the hand covered in blood and the blood on the ground attracts the audience who are interested in horror movies. I would say mainly males as it has the eye-catching good looking Megan Fox, this maybe shown to tell the female audeince that it's not a chick flick.

• The big picture of the actress Megan Fox, small pictures of different films and the movie linked subheadings show the readers it's a film magazine.

• Red, blue and grey font text is set out similar to the "Gorezone" magazine text. Main story on the left side instead of the right. Grey arrow (unique shape) is behind the main subheading to make it more eye-catching. Plus it points out to Megan Fox and so does the small red font on the left of her as the rest of the text above and below it is in black and grey colour. Extra feature is shown with the big red "PLUS" text for clearer focus towards it. Grey writing again is on the left bottom corner for that well used cover space and the bar code at the bottom right.
  

• Dark blue and red are primary colors that go well together, these colors are most likely to make the magazine attractive as they brighten up the white background colour of the cover.