Empire Cover research

 

 

This is a cover of an issue EMPIRE magazine. On the cover is The character from the film "iron Man"

The appearance overall of the cover looks incredibly profesional, with the cover photo being very clear,bold and eyecatching.  we like the way the actual design being the style and colour of the text is Red,white and gold to match the costume of the character.This attracts an audience to the cover photo by contrasting the bright vibrant colour of red  with the gold and white text. We will also be influenced by the style of EMPIRE in our magazine design. we like this cover especially as because it is very simple, clear and bold. The images are placed on plain looking background yet after a closer look it appears to be clouds and sky behind him created a very simple yet also interesting image.The text has been placed around the image well making it stand out, yet also very neat and organised whilst not taking too much focus away from the cover photo. EMPIRE magazine is aimed at a wide age range from 16 upwards.We also like the actual name of the magazine - EMPIRE. We like how the title is  streched the full way across the magazine cover attracting attention yet is behind the main image, this allows more focus and attention on the cover photo whilst still having a bold contrasting effect to the catchy title.The name EMPIRE is bold, and effective. we might decide to chose a name like this as we  know it will be effective to see on our magazine cover. The magazine uses good clear fonts, contrasting with short snappy bold parts to attract more attention to the text, such asd "iron man 3" which is more bold than the rest of the text to draw more attention to it. I really like this technique because it means the more important stories are focused on whilst varying the size and boldness of the text avoiding the magazine looking boring with the same sized text throughout. Another thing i like about the text is the quote "danny boyle returns to the dark side" along the right hand side. this is one of the features inside the magazine which is effective in drawing attention to it and inviting people to buy the magazine because they can hear more about the article and why he has "turned to the dark side". I think this is a very affective technique the magazine uses to attract people to read further inside. we may use this technique on our magazine. All of these aspects adds appeal as it means the audience will prefer to buy this magazine, rather than any other so we will use techniques like these on our front cover.